Association between Life Skills and Academic Performance in Adolescents in the Autonomous Community of Aragon (Spain)
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Título: | Association between Life Skills and Academic Performance in Adolescents in the Autonomous Community of Aragon (Spain) |
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Autor/es: | Sánchez-Hernando, Beatriz | Juárez-Vela, Raúl | Antón-Solanas, Isabel | Gasch-Gallén, Ángel | Melo, Pedro | Nguyen, Tam H. | Martínez-Riera, José Ramón | Ferrer-Gracia, Elisa | Gea Caballero, Vicente Antonio |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Salud Comunitaria (SALUD) | Salud Pública |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia |
Palabras clave: | Social skills | Self-efficacy | Emotions | Academic performance | Adolescents | Health promotion |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública |
Fecha de publicación: | 18-abr-2021 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Sánchez-Hernando B, Juárez-Vela R, Antón-Solanas I, Gasch-Gallén Á, Melo P, Nguyen TH, Martínez-Riera JR, Ferrer-Gracia E, Gea-Caballero V. Association between Life Skills and Academic Performance in Adolescents in the Autonomous Community of Aragon (Spain). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(8):4288. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084288 |
Resumen: | Background: Learning and socio-emotional development is promoted through the creation and nurturing of an optimal school climate. This study aims to analyze the relationship between life skills and academic performance in a large sample of adolescents from the autonomous community of Aragón (Spain). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on the life skills and academic performance of a sample of 7th and 8th grade middle school students during the academic year 2018–2019. A sample of 43 middle schools were randomly selected; the final sample comprised 1745 students. The following data were collected through an anonymized, previously validated questionnaire: sociodemographic variables, social skills, self-efficacy, affective balance, and academic performance. Results: We found a statistically significant association between life skills and academic performance (p < 0.001) in our sample. We also observed significant gender differences in life skills, with boys obtaining higher scores in cognitive skills and affective balance, and with girls achieving higher scores in social skills. Conclusion: We argue that life skills should be integrated into educational policies in order to improve the academic performance and health outcomes of students. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/114218 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 (Print) | 1660-4601 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18084288 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084288 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - SALUD - Artículos de Revistas INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas |
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