To Study Relationship between Happiness and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students
Dr. Priyanka Upadhyay. Assistant Professor
Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Shraddha Rana M.ED ⅳ Semester Enrolment No.R230911012
Abstract
Relationship analysis of happiness level and academic achievement of secondary school students based on type of school. A total of 200 secondary school students, including 100 girls and 100 boys participated in the study. While collecting the data for the study, Happiness scale (H-Scale) developed by Dr. R.L. Bharadwaj and Dr. Poonam R. Das were used. First, descriptive statistics of the collected data were calculated and the relationships between the variables were determined by the correlation coefficient. researcher has analyzed the relationship of happiness level and academic achievement of secondary school students in context to their gender and types of school. To test this hypothesis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient was calculated separately for students from government and private schools: For government school students, the correlation coefficient was found to be r ≈ 0.79, with a p < 0.01. For private school students, the correlation coefficient was r ≈ 0.80, with a p < 0.01. In both cases, the correlation coefficients indicate a strong positive relationship between happiness and academic achievement. Furthermore, the p-values are well below the standard significance level of 0.05, meaning the observed correlations are statistically significant.Since both p-values are significantly lower than 0.01, the null hypothesis is rejected. This leads to the conclusion that there is a significant positive relationship between the happiness levels and academic achievement of senior secondary school students in both government and private schools.This study supported by PISA data: PISA reveals that happiness and well-being are closely connected to academic success—not the other way around. Schools that focus on creating positive environments, nurturing relationships, and building mental resilience truly help all students shine both emotionally and academically.
Keywords- Happiness, academic achievement, School satisfaction, Psychological wellBeing, Happiness at school, Secondary school students,
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2507S01V13P010
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