Correlates of school satisfaction among adolescents

Interrelationships among life experiences, academic self-efficacy, and scho ol satisfaction reports from a sample of 92 adolescents in a private second ary school were investigated. Results revealed that life experiences, both positive and negative, were significantly associated with school satisfacti on reports. Students' perceptions of their academic self-efficacy did not m oderate the relationship between life events and school satisfaction; howev er, self-efficacy perceptions did contribute significant variance in a Line ar fashion beyond life experiences. The authors concluded that both a wide array of negative and positive environmental experiences and individual dif ference variables need to be considered to understand adolescents' reaction s to schooling and to design prevention and intervention programs.