Modeling structural relationships of happiness and psychological well-being with self-efficacy intermediary among students of Farhangian University

Psychological well-being refers to the experienced quality of life and reflects desired psychological performance and experience and identifying the factors that enhance the sense of well-being can help to promote it. The objective of this study was to develop a structural model for the relationship between happiness based on psychological well-being with intermediary role of self-efficacy among students at Farhangian University.
This study was correlational using structural relations modeling Method. The statistical population of the study included all undergraduate students at Farhangian University of Golestan Province who were studying in 2017-2018 academic year. As many as 280 participants were selected using one-stage cluster sampling. To collect data, questionnaires of happiness, psychological well-being and self-efficacy were used. For analysis of the research data, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were employed using SPSS-22 and AMOS-22 software.
The mean (SD) age of male students was 26.4 (7.8) and female students 25.8 (6.5). With increasing happiness score with mean (SD) 52.6 (7.3), psychological well-being score increased with mean (SD) 246.8 (27.3), P The study showed that increasing happiness improved psychological well-being and self-efficacy. Self-efficacy also increased psychological well-being. In addition, self-efficacy had a mediator role in the relationship between psychological well-being and happiness and psychological well-being score increased with the direct effect of happiness on self-efficacy.