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The role of positive psychology constructs in predicting mental health and academic achievement in children and adolescents: A two-year longitudinal study
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This longitudinal study presents the first examination of the relation between
positive psychology constructs, mental health and academic achievement of students in
Portugal. Using a sample of 367 middle-school students, the study revealed that crosssectional
and longitudinal patterns of correlations between positive variables were consistent
with expectations for the most part and suggested that hope, life satisfaction and
self-worth have meaningful relations with mental health and academic achievement. In
addition, no significant changes were found between the variables in study across the
administrations and throughout the two cohorts, and all the variables in study demonstrate
moderate to high stability across a 1- and 2-year time frame. Hope predicts students’
academic achievement, and life satisfaction was the strongest predictor of mental health,
over 2-years. The implications of the findings are discussed with reference to prior studies
and for future research.
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Academic achievement Children and adolescents Mental health Positive psychology variables
Citation
Journal of Happiness Studies, 12, 1049-1062