Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador
Abstract
:1. Summary
2. Data Description
2.1. Data Reliability and Descriptive Statistics
2.2. Comparison by Country, Population, and Gender
3. Methods
3.1. Participants
3.2. Instruments
3.3. Procedure
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Cronbach’s Alpha | Item Number | Min | Max | Mean | SD | |
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Orientation to happiness | 0.81 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 3.85 | 0.50 |
Pleasure | 0.76 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3.53 | 0.71 |
Meaning | 0.66 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4.05 | 0.57 |
Engagement | 0.66 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4.01 | 0.61 |
México | El Salvador | |||||||
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Range | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | P | |
Orientation to happiness | 1–5 | 3.84 | 0.49 | 3.87 | 0.52 | −0.72 | 650.64 | 0.47 |
Pleasure | 1–5 | 3.60 | 0.64 | 3.47 | 0.75 | 2.35 | 654.37 | 0.02 |
Meaning | 1–5 | 3.98 | 0.60 | 4.10 | 0.53 | −2.77 | 615.91 | 0.01 |
Engagement | 1–5 | 3.95 | 0.64 | 4.06 | 0.58 | −2.36 | 626.46 | 0.02 |
Teachers | Students | |||||||
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Range | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | P | |
Orientation to happiness | 1–5 | 3.90 | 0.48 | 3.79 | 0.53 | −2.74 | 520.59 | 0.01 |
Pleasure | 1–5 | 3.44 | 0.69 | 3.67 | 0.72 | 4.16 | 533.66 | 0.00 |
Meaning | 1–5 | 4.14 | 0.52 | 3.91 | 0.62 | −4.93 | 489.80 | 0.00 |
Engagement | 1–5 | 4.13 | 0.56 | 3.82 | 0.63 | −6.39 | 509.10 | 0.00 |
Males | Females | |||||||
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Range | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | P | |
Orientation to happiness | 1–5 | 3.84 | 0.50 | 3.84 | 0.50 | −0.84 | 651.87 | 0.40 |
Pleasure | 1–5 | 3.52 | 0.72 | 3.52 | 0.72 | −0.27 | 647.80 | 0.79 |
Meaning | 1–5 | 4.03 | 0.60 | 4.03 | 0.60 | −0.58 | 638.02 | 0.56 |
Engagement | 1–5 | 3.99 | 0.59 | 3.99 | 0.59 | −0.61 | 654.81 | 0.55 |
Country | Population | Total | Sample |
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Mexico | Teachers | 237 | 146 |
Students * | 305 | 161 | |
El Salvador | Teachers | 570 | 251 |
Students * | 175 | 99 |
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Villavicencio-Aguilar, D.; Chacón-Andrade, E.R.; Durón-Ramos, M.F. Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador. Data 2020, 5, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/data5010027
Villavicencio-Aguilar D, Chacón-Andrade ER, Durón-Ramos MF. Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador. Data. 2020; 5(1):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/data5010027
Chicago/Turabian StyleVillavicencio-Aguilar, Domingo, Edgardo René Chacón-Andrade, and Maria Fernanda Durón-Ramos. 2020. "Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador" Data 5, no. 1: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/data5010027
APA StyleVillavicencio-Aguilar, D., Chacón-Andrade, E. R., & Durón-Ramos, M. F. (2020). Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador. Data, 5(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/data5010027