Sense of Security and Its Relationship with Life Satisfaction (Case Study: PNU Students in Kermanshah Province)

This study has analyzed the life satisfaction of students and its relationship with the sense of social security. The method of research is survey-based; and the sample population used for the research is comprised of 409 students, both male and female, studying at Payam-e Noor universities of the Kermanshah province in the year 2015. The samples were selected by multistage cluster sampling and were analyzed by inferential statistical analysis. The major findings of the research are as follows: There is a direct, significant relationship between the degree of sense of social security (and different dimensions of it, including a sense of financial, political and criminal security) and the level of life satisfaction. This implies that with an increase in the sense of security, the level of life satisfaction also increases and vice versa. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between all the dimensions of social security and life satisfaction, such that with an increase in degree of the sense of financial, political and criminal security, the level of life satisfaction also increases and vice versa. Also, all of the dimensions of social security, the sense of financial security has the greatest impact on the level of life satisfaction when compared to the other two dimensions i.e. criminal and political security.