Happiness and its Relationship to Psychosocial Adjustment among Teenagers in the Protection and Care Houses in Amman

This study aimed to reveal the level of happiness and psychosocial Adjustment among teenagers living in protection and care houses in Amman, to know the possible relationships between these factors and the possible differences according to brothers exist and age. By using a quantitative approach, 82 Teenager were selected from the teenagers their ages are between (12-16) years, to achieve the objectives of the study, the study measures were developed and the indications of validity and reliability of the two scales were verified and applied to the study sample. Their levels of happiness and psychosocial Adjustment were found to be moderate, with a statistically significant positive correlation between the variables. Also, the results revealed a statistically significant difference in the level of both happiness and psychosocial Adjustment according to brothers exist in favor to who has brothers and according to age in favor of less than 15 years.