The Relationship between Happiness, Dogmatism-Flexibility and Demographic Variables

The purpose of t his study was to determine the relationship between happiness, dogmat ism-flexib ility and demographic variables in Isfahan population. Therefore, in the format of a correlation research design, 80 male and 80 female subjects were selected from Isfahan city, using cluster random sampling. All subjects responded to the items of the Oxford Happ iness Inventory the, Dogmatism Scale (a=0.70) and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient, regression and covariate. It was hypothesized that there would be significant relations between all the variables. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between happiness and flexib ility (p < 0.01). There was also a 5significant negativ ecorrelation betweenhappiness and familysize (p< 0.01). Further, the results revealed that family size significantly predicted 8.4% of happ iness, (p< 0.01). Therefore, it was concluded that the more flexibility increases and the more family size decreases, the more happ iness increases.