Life Satisfaction and Academic Performance of Elementary School Students

Achkar, Ana Maria Nunes El; Leme, Vanessa Barbosa Romera; Soares, Adriana Benevides; Yunes, Maria Angela Mattar

doi:10.1590/1413-82712019240209

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PAPERS • Psico-USF 24 (2) • Apr-Jun 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712019240209 copy

Life Satisfaction and Academic Performance of Elementary School Students

Satisfação com a Vida e Desempenho Escolar de Estudantes do Ensino Fundamental

Satisfacción con la Vida y Desempeño Escolar de Estudiantes de la Enseñanza Primaria

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the association of risk and protection factors in the academic performance and life satisfaction of elementary school students. Participants included 400 students of both sexes, aged between 11 and 17 years, and 26 female teachers from public and private schools in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The instruments were: Social Skills Inventory for Adolescents, Social Support Perception Scale, Brazilian Youth Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Main results showed that exposure to family violence by the students, emotional exhaustion and low professional achievement by the teachers contribute to a poor performance of students in school. Students with indicators of social support by the family and the community and of self-control skills presented higher life satisfaction. This study reveals contextual and personal variables that affect students’ socio-emotional and academic development which prove subsidies for future interventions.

Keywords:
academic achievement; life satisfaction; resilience; elementary school

Variables	M(SD)	School performance	Satisfaction with Life
Risk factors
Exposure to Violence
Family	0.46(0.49)	-0.37**	-0.15**
Extra-family	0.40(0.49)	-0.23**	-0.08
Burnout Syndrome
Emotional exhaustion	23.32(8.46)	-0.13**	-0.01
Professional Satisfaction	14.64(3.82)	-0.12**	-0.02
Depersonalization	8.79(4.49)	-0.01	-0.01
Protection factors
Social Abilities
Empathy	26.24(6.30)	0.21**	0.37**
Self-control	15.24(6.14)	0.20**	0.34**
Civility	18.40(4.07)	0.19**	0.35**
Assertiveness	19.82(4.77)	0.08	0.23**
Affective approach	11.33(4.59)	0.08	0.26**
Social resourcefulness	10.84(3.90)	0.13**	0.30**
Perception of Social Support
Peers	34.86(6.35)	0.23**	0.32**
Family	41.55(7.89)	0.34**	0.66**
Teachers	28.13(7.82)	0.28**	0.45**
Community	16.89(5.56)	0.31**	0.47**

	School performance		Satisfaction with life
Predictors	B(SE)	β	B(SE)	β
Block 1 - Risk factors
Exposure to Violence
Family	-0.86(0.13)	-0.32**^†	-2.80(1.08)	-0.14**
Extra-family	-0.19(0.14)	-0.07	-0.12(1.09)	-0.07
Burnout Syndrome
Emotional Exhaustion	-0.02(0.01)	-0.13*^†	-0.01(0.05)	-0.01
Professional Satisfaction	-0.03(0.01)	-0.10*^†	-0.01(0.12)	-0.01
Depersonalization	-0.01(0.01)	-0.03	-0.01(0.10)	-0.01
F		16.11**		1.87
R ²		0.15		0.01
∆R ²		0.17		0.02
Block 2 - Protection Factors
Social skills
Empathy	0.01(0.01)	0.09	0.03(0.08)	0.02
Self-control	0.01(0.01)	0.03	0.16(0.06)	0.10*^†
Civility	0.01(0.01)	0.02	0.20(0.11)	0.08
Assertiveness	0.01(0.01)	0.02	0.10(0.08)	0.05
Affective approach	0.01(0.01)	0.05	0.10(0.08)	0.05
Social development	0.01(0.01)	0.03	0.03(0.11)	0.01
Perception of Social Support
Friends	0.02(0.01)	0.07	0.05(0.06)	0.03
Family	0.02(0.01)	0.12**^†	0.57(0.05)	0.47**^†
Teachers	0.01(0.01)	0.08	0.09(0.05)	0.07
Community	0.03(0.01)	0.15**^†	0.38(0.06)	0.22**^†
F		10.87**		30.68**
R ²		0.27		0.52
∆R ²		0.12		0.52

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