Well-being and academic achievement on students in city of Yogyakarta

Fuad Mubarok (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)
Adi Cilik Pierewan (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)

Jurnal Ecopsy
Vol 7, No 1 (2020): JURNAL ECOPSY

Several studies have suggested the importance of well-being as a predictor of adolescents’ academic achievements. The purpose of this study was to prove the existence of a well-being effect on adolescents’ academic achievement. The subjects of this study were adolescents with a vulnerable age between 14 to 15 years old with 385 respondents as a sample. This study used questionnaires to measure the well-being of adolescents. Data on adolescents’ academic achievement were obtained from students’ scores (GPA). The hypothesis compiled in this research was the effect of well-being on adolescents’ academic achievement. This study used a regression analysis to determine the effect of well-being on adolescents’ academic achievement. The reliability of the instrument was analyzed using Cronbach's Alpha. The results of the research found that well-being can be a predictor of adolescents’ academic achievement.