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Happiness Predicts Objective Academic Performance

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2012, v.26 no.2, pp.35-50
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2012.26.2.003


Abstract

Whether happiness leads to better academic performance was examined in two longitudinal data sets in Korea. We found that the academic performance of happy middle school students, both on self-reported and objective school ranking measures, was superior 4 years later in high school than their less happy peers (Study 1). This result held, even after controlling for initial academic grades, amount of time/money spent on private tutoring,and parental socio-economic status. Also, the rate of happiness change significantly predicted the level of high school academic performance. In Study 2, we found that happy high school seniors showed higher levels of academic adjustment and goal attainment once they entered college. In short, both on objective and subjective measures of academic success, happy students fared better than less happy students even in highly competitive academic environments, such as Korea.

keywords
happiness, life-satisfaction, positivity ratio, academic achievement, latent growth modeling, 행복, 삶의 만족, 긍정성 비율, 학업 성취, 잠재성장모형

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