The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents

Raúl Baños, Antonio Baena-Extremera and Antonio Granero-Gallegos
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Raúl Baños: Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Autonomous University of Baja California, 22890 Ensenada, Mexico
Antonio Baena-Extremera: Department of Didactic of Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education Sciences, 18071 Granada, Spain
Antonio Granero-Gallegos: Health Research Center, Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, 04120 Almería, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 18, 1-13

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: academic performance; satisfaction; subjects; secondary education; students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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