The Relationship Between School Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being of Secondary School Students: The Mediating Role of Happiness at School

Authors : Faruk Caner YAM

Pages : 248-262

Doi:10.51535/tell.1200847

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Publication Date : 2022-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to examine the mediating role of happiness at school in the relationship between secondary school students\` school satisfaction and psychological well-being. A total of 367 secondary school students, including 204 girls insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(55.6%); and 163 boys insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(44.4%);, participated in the study. While collecting the data for the study, Personal Information Form, Overall School Satisfaction Scale for Children insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OSSS-C);, Stirling Children’s Well-Being Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SCWBS);, and School Children\`s Happiness Inventory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SCHI); were used. First, descriptive statistics of the collected data were calculated and the relationships between the variables were determined by the correlation coefficient. Mediation analysis in the research was made using structural equation modeling. As a result of the analysis, it was seen that the school satisfaction of secondary school students positively predicted both their psychological well-being and their happiness at school. Similarly, secondary school students\` happiness at school positively predicted their psychological well-being. In addition, as a result of the structural equation analysis, it was seen that happiness at school has a partial mediator role in the relationship between school satisfaction and the psychological well-being of secondary school students. Bootstrap confidence intervals insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(%95); were calculated to see if the mediation effect was significant, and it was determined that the results did not include zero and therefore the mediation result was significant. This result can be interpreted as secondary school students\` school satisfaction increases their happiness levels at school, and their psychological well-being increases with the increase in their happiness at school. All these results reached in the research draw attention to how important school-based experiences are for the mental health of school-age children.
Keywords : School satisfaction, Psychological well Being, Happiness at school, Secondary school students, School mental health