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The Effect of Academic Achievement on Subjective Well-being in Early Adolescence: The Role of Self-esteem and Mobility

HUANG Yuancheng, YUAN Qiumei, XIN Ting, LI Caina   

  1. Shaanxi Provincial Key Research Center for Children Mental and Behavioral Health, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062
  • Published:2024-05-15

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Abstract: To explore the effect of academic achievement on subjective well-being and the role of self-esteem and mobility in this relationship, a total of 847 adolescents (298 migrant adolescents) from two junior middle schools in Xi'an were administrated and followed up for three years by questionnaire survey. We collected the academic achievement of adolescents (the first grade of junior middle school) and used Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and Well-Being Index scale to measure their self-esteem and subjective well-being respectively. The results showed that academic achievement in the first year of junior middle school could directly predict adolescents’ subjective well-being in the third year of junior middle school. Moreover, self-esteem in the second year of junior high school had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between academic achievement in the first year and subjective well-being in the third year. Importantly, the longitudinal mediating model was significantly different between migrant and non-migrant adolescents. Specifically, results from above were only applicable to non-migrant adolescents, and migrant adolescents’ subjective well-being in the third year was only predicted by the level of self-esteem in the second year. Our findings revealed one possible mechanism explaining the impact of academic achievement on subjective well-being in early adolescence, which provided further insights to improve adolescents’ subjective well-being.

Key words: academic achievement, subjective well-being, self-esteem, early adolescence, mobility

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  • B844
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