• Psychological reports · Dec 1996

    Perceived happiness of college students measured by Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

    • T F Pettijohn.
    • Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Marion 43302-5695, USA. Pettijohn.1@osu.edu
    • Psychol Rep. 1996 Dec 1;79(3 Pt 1):759-62.

    AbstractBroad categories have been suggested for the events which contribute to happiness. In 1943 Maslow might have argued that people are happy when they meet or continue to meet their basic needs in his hierarchy of needs. A survey was given to 150 college students to assess which of Maslow's levels of need is perceived to be most important to happiness. Falling or staying in love was chosen significantly more often than the other choices by undergraduates of both genders. These results suggest that love is considered to be an extremely important contributor to the feeling of happiness among college students.

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