School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries
School satisfaction is conceptualized as a crucial factor influencing children´s happiness and consequent healthy functioning in multiple developmental areas. Research to date has mainly evaluated how contextual factors related to the interactions between the student, teachers and classmates influen...
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| author | Diego Gómez-Baya Francisco José García-Moro Alicia Muñoz-Silva Nuria Martín-Romero |
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| description | School satisfaction is conceptualized as a crucial factor influencing children´s happiness and consequent healthy functioning in multiple developmental areas. Research to date has mainly evaluated how contextual factors related to the interactions between the student, teachers and classmates influence children’s happiness, not considering other important factors more related to their own student experiences. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of school satisfaction on happiness in 10-year-old children from Europe. Children’s global school satisfaction levels, as well as different separate indicators of school satisfaction (i.e., satisfaction with other children in class; school marks; school life experience as a student; things they have learned; and relationships with teachers) were considered. The study comprised a sample of 7.445 10-year-old children from seven European countries. First, correlation analysis showed that the overall school satisfaction measure, as well as its different indicators, had positive associations with happiness levels. Second, regression analyses confirmed the effect by indicators of global school satisfaction on happiness. The indicators with the strongest effects were the satisfaction with their life as a student and the satisfaction with other children in the class, while the smallest effects were found regarding the satisfaction with the relationships with teachers and the things learned. These results point out the need to consider personal and contextual indicators of school satisfaction in a program design to foster happiness in 10-year-old children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07e442241c2d422e8576b8dd93c657942023-11-21T18:46:16ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672021-05-018537010.3390/children8050370School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European CountriesDiego Gómez-Baya0Francisco José García-Moro1Alicia Muñoz-Silva2Nuria Martín-Romero3Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, SpainDepartment of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, SpainDepartment of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, SpainDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Alcala, 19001 Guadalajara, SpainSchool satisfaction is conceptualized as a crucial factor influencing children´s happiness and consequent healthy functioning in multiple developmental areas. Research to date has mainly evaluated how contextual factors related to the interactions between the student, teachers and classmates influence children’s happiness, not considering other important factors more related to their own student experiences. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of school satisfaction on happiness in 10-year-old children from Europe. Children’s global school satisfaction levels, as well as different separate indicators of school satisfaction (i.e., satisfaction with other children in class; school marks; school life experience as a student; things they have learned; and relationships with teachers) were considered. The study comprised a sample of 7.445 10-year-old children from seven European countries. First, correlation analysis showed that the overall school satisfaction measure, as well as its different indicators, had positive associations with happiness levels. Second, regression analyses confirmed the effect by indicators of global school satisfaction on happiness. The indicators with the strongest effects were the satisfaction with their life as a student and the satisfaction with other children in the class, while the smallest effects were found regarding the satisfaction with the relationships with teachers and the things learned. These results point out the need to consider personal and contextual indicators of school satisfaction in a program design to foster happiness in 10-year-old children.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/370school satisfactionhappinesssubjective well-beingchildrenEuropean countries |
| spellingShingle | Diego Gómez-Baya Francisco José García-Moro Alicia Muñoz-Silva Nuria Martín-Romero School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries Children school satisfaction happiness subjective well-being children European countries |
| title | School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries |
| title_full | School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries |
| title_fullStr | School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries |
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| title_short | School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries |
| title_sort | school satisfaction and happiness in 10 year old children from seven european countries |
| topic | school satisfaction happiness subjective well-being children European countries |
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