Journal of health oriented Islamic life style

Journal of health oriented Islamic life style

Predicting the Life Satisfaction Components (Family, Friends, University, Life Environment and Self) based on the Communication Skills in the Students of Islamic Azad University

Authors
1 PhD Student of Communication Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences, United Arab Emirates International Branch, Islamic, Azad University, Emirates.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Sciences and Researches Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: Student's life satisfaction plays an important role in
their other functions. As a result, the present study was
conducted with the aim of predicting life satisfaction
components based on the communication skills in the students
of Islamic Azad University.
Materials and Methods: The present study was a descriptive
from type of correlation. The research population was the
students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran city in the
academic years of 2019-2020 whit number of 190000 people.
The sample size was 384 people who were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. Data were collected by the
communication skills test-revised (Queendom, 2004) and
student's life satisfaction scale (Huebner, 1991) and analyzed
by methods of Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple
regression whit enter model in SPSS-19 software.
Findings: The findings showed that the communication skills
components included ability to receive and send messages,
emotional control, listening skills, insight into the
communication process and communication with
assertiveness had a positive and significant relationship with
all life satisfaction components included family, friends,
university, life environment and self in students. Other
findings showed that communication skills significantly could
predict 43% of family changes, 53% of friends changes, 30%
of university changes, 44% of life environment changes and
54% of self changes in students (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The results indicated the predicting of life
satisfaction components based on the communication skills.
As a result, to improve and enhance students' life satisfaction
can be increased their communication skills through
workshops
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