The Effect of Music Therapy on Female Students' Extent of Happiness

Happiness is among those variables being under attention for personality and psychology of health in recent years. It is one of the most important human needs having a significant effect on formation of personality and mental health. There have been numerous behavioral and social studies conducted on the field of positive emotions. One of the manifests of positive emotions is the quality of life including satisfaction about life, sense of happiness and joy that are considered among attributes of human health. This study aims at examining the effect of music therapy on the extent of happiness among all female students in Binesh Novin consultation clinic. This study is of semi-testing type and was conducted with pre-test and post-test plan on a control group. The statistical population of this study consists of all female students in Binesh Novin consultation clinic in year 2013. The sample of the study includes 40 female students selected by convenience sampling method in a random way allocated to two test and control groups. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected data were statistically analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA). Results showed that music therapy has increased female students' happiness (p<0.001). Thus, it can be concluded that this therapy may be used as an appropriate intervention to increase happiness.