The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents
Adolescents’ academic performance and the way it is related to their subjective wellbeing are issues of great interest across educational systems. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how satisfaction with high school subjects can predict school satisfaction and academic performance in Mexican...
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| author | Baños, Raúl Baena Extremera, Antonio Granero Gallegos, Antonio |
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| description | Adolescents’ academic performance and the way it is related to their subjective wellbeing are issues of great interest across educational systems. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how satisfaction with high school subjects can predict school satisfaction and academic performance in Mexican students. The sample consisted of 457 high school students in the Baja California and Nuevo León states in Mexico (247 boys, 210 girls); their mean age being 14.10 (SD = 0.84). We used a questionnaire featuring a subject satisfaction scale, an intrinsic school satisfaction scale, and one related to academic grades. We used descriptive analyses, correlations, and structural regression models. In terms of results, the high satisfaction and academic performance levels in physical education, Spanish and English are worth highlighting. Geography and history are the most relevant predictors of academic grades, while Spanish predicts school satisfaction and physical education predicts boredom. In conclusion, satisfaction with mathematics, Spanish, and English are strong predictors of satisfaction (SATF), and the latter in turn predicts Mexican high school students’ academic performance. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-74962023-04-12T19:11:53Z The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents Baños, Raúl Baena Extremera, Antonio Granero Gallegos, Antonio academic performance satisfaction subjects secondary education students Adolescents’ academic performance and the way it is related to their subjective wellbeing are issues of great interest across educational systems. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how satisfaction with high school subjects can predict school satisfaction and academic performance in Mexican students. The sample consisted of 457 high school students in the Baja California and Nuevo León states in Mexico (247 boys, 210 girls); their mean age being 14.10 (SD = 0.84). We used a questionnaire featuring a subject satisfaction scale, an intrinsic school satisfaction scale, and one related to academic grades. We used descriptive analyses, correlations, and structural regression models. In terms of results, the high satisfaction and academic performance levels in physical education, Spanish and English are worth highlighting. Geography and history are the most relevant predictors of academic grades, while Spanish predicts school satisfaction and physical education predicts boredom. In conclusion, satisfaction with mathematics, Spanish, and English are strong predictors of satisfaction (SATF), and the latter in turn predicts Mexican high school students’ academic performance. 2020-01-17T08:18:07Z 2020-01-17T08:18:07Z 2019-09-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7496 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/18/3494 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | academic performance satisfaction subjects secondary education students Baños, Raúl Baena Extremera, Antonio Granero Gallegos, Antonio The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents |
| title | The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents |
| title_full | The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents |
| title_short | The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents |
| title_sort | relationships between high school subjects in terms of school satisfaction and academic performance in mexican adolescents |
| topic | academic performance satisfaction subjects secondary education students |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7496 |
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