OHM Happiness Report (OHR)

Bauer, Anna and Gerner, Hans-Dieter and Jäckle, Robert and Mummert, Uwe and Sandner, Malte and Seebens, Holger (2023): OHM Happiness Report (OHR).

Abstract

Die langfristige Lebenszufriedenheit (Happiness/Glücksempfinden) ehemaliger Studierender scheint maßgeblich mit ihrem subjektiven Glücksempfinden während der Zeit an der Hochschu-le zusammen zu hängen (Harker und Keltner, 2001). Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht der vorliegende Beitrag basierend auf Survey-Daten aus dem Jahr 2022 die Lebens- und Studienzu-friedenheit der Studierenden an der TH Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm. Unsere Analysen ergeben einen durchschnittlichen OHM Happiness Score von 6,93 Skalenpunkten. Dieser Wert liegt et-was über dem Durchschnitt der deutschen Bevölkerung (6,86), knapp unterhalb des arithmeti-schen Mittels in Bayern (7,06) und entspricht genau dem Glücksempfinden der Region Franken (6,94), in deren Zentrum Nürnberg die OHM zu Hause ist. International positioniert sich die OHM im Bereich der Bevölkerung von Ländern wie den USA (6,98), der Schweiz (6,94) oder der Tschechischen Republik (6,92). Wir zeigen, dass die Lebenszufriedenheit unter den Studieren-den – analog zur Gesamtbevölkerung – während der Covid-19-Pandemie zurück gegangen ist. Das Covid-Happiness-Tal scheint mit der endgültigen Rückkehr in die Hörsäle im Jahr 2022 aber überwunden zu sein. Ferner zeigen wir, dass Studienzufriedenheit und Lebenszufriedenheit an der OHM positiv korrelieren und untersuchen, wie verschiedene Merkmale und Leistungen der Studierenden mit ihrer Happiness und Studienzufriedenheit zusammenhängen: eine höhere Selbstwirksamkeit geht mit einer deutlich höheren Lebens- und Studienzufriedenheit einher, dagegen sind schlechte Schul- und Studienleistungen, die Erwartung einer langen Studiendauer, Stress und Prokrastination mit einer geringeren Lebens- und Studienzufriedenheit verbunden. Schließlich steht ein höheres erwartetes Einstiegsgehalt in einem positiven Zusammenhang mit dem subjektiv empfundenen Glück, allerdings nur bis zu einem Jahresbruttogehalt von 60.000 Euro. Studierende, die einen höheren Verdienst erwarten, geben ein niedrigeres Glücksniveau an.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: German
• Keywords: Happiness, subjektives Glücksempfinden, Lebenszufriedenheit, Studienzufriedenheit, Studierende, Hochschule
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I23 - Higher Education ; Research Institutions; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being

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