School Satisfaction and Its Associations with Health and Behavioural Outcomes among 15-Years Old Adolescents

Simona Horanicova (), Daniela Husarova, Andrea Madarasová Gecková, Andrea F. De Winter and Sijmen A. Reijneveld
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Simona Horanicova: Department of Health Psychology and Methodology Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
Daniela Husarova: Department of Health Psychology and Methodology Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
Andrea Madarasová Gecková: Department of Health Psychology and Methodology Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
Andrea F. De Winter: Department of Community & Occupational Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Sijmen A. Reijneveld: Department of Community & Occupational Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-9

Abstract: Background: Health and behavioural outcomes of adolescents have been shown to be related to school pressure, demands or unfavourable relationships with classmates or teachers. These associations may relate to school satisfaction, but evidence on this is lacking. Therefore, our aim is to explore the associations of school satisfaction with hopelessness, health complaints, fighting and truancy. Methods: Data come from the cross-sectional Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study collected in 2018 from Slovak 15-year-old adolescents (N = 816; 50.9% boys). School satisfaction was measured by school engagement and attitudes towards education, grouped as: satisfied (both positive), inconsistent (one positive, one negative) and indifferent (both negative). Hopelessness, health complaints, fighting and truancy were measured using self-report questionnaires. Logistic regression models were used to explore the associations of school satisfaction with hopelessness, health complaints, fighting and truancy separately. Results: Indifferent adolescents were more likely to feel hopeless, to frequently experience two or more health complaints, to be involved in a fight and to skip school (odds ratios/95%-confidence interval: 2.57/1.49–4.45; 2.51/1.48–4.25; 1.92/1.02–3.60; and 2.34/1.25–4.40, respectively) than satisfied adolescents. Inconsistent adolescents were more likely to frequently experience two or more health complaints than satisfied adolescents (1.72/1.05–5.79). Conclusions: School satisfaction affects adolescents’ health and social behaviour and may threaten their healthy development.

Keywords: school satisfaction; adolescence; hopelessness; health complaints; fighting; truancy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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