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Objective: Happiness, as one of the most important aspects of students' mental health has a significant influence on their social growth and personality development, and it has always been of interest to the researchers in different fields of psychology
Methods: In this study, the method of correlation was used and the population of study was all students of Farhangiyan University of Guilan during the academic year 2013-2014 which included 1777 students. Among this population, a sample of 250 students [including 149 women and 101 men] was selected and studied using stratified random sampling method. The student adaptation to college questionnaire [SACQ], interpersonal forgiveness scale [IFS] and Oxford happiness questionnaire [OHI] were used for data collection. The resulting data were analyzed by applying multivariate regression analysis method in SPSS vs. 19
Results: The results showed a significant and positive relationship between adaptation to college and interpersonal forgiveness with the happiness [at the level of P<0.01] and it was concluded that these variables, in combination with each other, were able to account for 58% of the variance of happiness. Among the independent variables, the component of social adjustment had the greatest role in the prediction of happiness among the students
Conclusion: Since the variables of adaptation to college and interpersonal forgiveness are suitable predictors for happiness, consideration of these variables in the students' mental health promotion programs is highly recommended
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Among the most important problems of autistic children are the behavioral disorders due to sensory processing deficiency, which are typically reflected in behaviors such as impulsivity, attention and concentration disorders, undesirable emotional reactions, sensory seeking in the form of stereotype behaviors, self-injury and self-stimulating. The present study aimed at exploring the effects of a combined vestibular and tactile stimulation on behavioral abnormalities resulting from sensory processing deficiency in autistic children of an age of 3-13 years old. The study was an experimental research using a pretest-posttest design with a control group. Twelve autistic children of an average age of 8.4 year whose sensory disorders had been verified through the Winnie Dunn's Sensory Assessment Questionnaire, were randomly selected from two school for behavioral disorders. They were randomly grouped in two groups of 6 subjects, namely the Test Group and the Control Group. Then, participants in the experimental group received vestibular and tactile stimulation for 36 sessions, 3 sessions a week, each session of 45 minutes. The subjectsin the control group were under the school's regular schedule. After intervention, they were assessed again and the collected data obtained were analyzed through Multivariable Covariance Analysis using the SPSS software, version 20. According to the findings obtained, the vestibular and tactile stimulation significantly decreases the behavioral abnormalities of autistic children afflicted with sensory processing deficiency [p<0.01]. Using the vestibular and tactile stimulation can be taken as an effective method in the treatment of autistic children