Faculty-student interaction, School satisfaction, and Happiness among university students

• Jihye Choi Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Eulji at Sungnam, South Korea

Abstract

This paper focuses on the relationship between university student’s interactions with faculty, school satisfaction, and happiness in Korea. The data were collected through a faculty-student interaction scale, school satisfaction scale, and happiness scale. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 19. The study found that a structural equation modeling analysis showed good model fit indexes, directly and indirectly. To sum up the findings, there is clear evidence that positive faculty-student interaction directly predicts the happiness of university students, and indirectly predicts happiness via school satisfaction.