Subjective happiness optimizes educational outcomes: Evidence from filipino high school students

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu ^[1] ; Jana Patricia Valdez ^[1] ; Ian Kenneth Cabrera ^[2] ; Maria Guadalupe Salanga ^[3]
1. [1] University of Hong Kong
  
  University of Hong Kong
  
  RAE de Hong Kong (China)
2. [2] Centro Escolar University
  
  Centro Escolar University
  
  Santa Cruz, Filipinas
3. [3] De La Salle University
  
  De La Salle University
  
  Santa Cruz, Filipinas
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Localización: The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN 1138-7416, Vol. 20, 2017
Idioma: inglés
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- Subjective happiness has been found to be associated with key psychological outcomes. However, there is paucity of research that assessed how subjective happiness is related to a number of positive student outcomes in the educational setting. The objective of the study was to assess the associations of subjective happiness with academic engagement, flourishing, and school resilience among 606 Filipino high school students (m age = 13.87; n boys = 300, n girls = 305, n missing = 1) in the Philippine context. Results of path analysis demonstrated that subjective happiness positively predicted behavioral engagement (β = .08, p < .01), emotional engagement (β = .08, p < .01), flourishing (β = .17, p < .01), and school resilience (β = .18, p < .01) even after controlling for gender. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.