“…Many studies report higher levels of happiness among adolescent males than in females (Park & Lee, 2013; Suh & Jung, 2014) and that the level of happiness decreases with age (Lim et al, 2012). Adolescents living in smaller cities as compared to larger cities (Kang, 2015; Lee et al, 2016), living with both parents compared to living with a single parent (Yoo et al, 2017), and having a positive relationship with parents (Kim, 2009) were observed to have higher levels of happiness. Smoking and drinking behaviors (Kim et al, 2015; Park & Lee, 2013) and academic stress (Jeon & Jung, 2009) were negatively associated with happiness.…”