Azerbaijani validation of the High-School Satisfaction Scale: Investigating within the context of education and psychological environment
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High school satisfaction, psychological distress, life satisfaction, scale adaptationAbstract
This article presents a comprehensive examination of the adaptation of the High-School Satisfaction Scale (H-Sat Scale) into the Azerbaijani language. In this extensive study, involving a large sample of 1894 adolescents, aged 10 to 16, we validated the H-Sat Scale through confirmatory factor analysis. Various reliability measures substantiated the commendable internal consistency of the H-Sat Scale. The study also encompassed correlation analyses, shedding light on the intricate relationships between the H-Sat Scale and critical variables such as psychological distress, academic self-efficacy, and life satisfaction. We conducted an evaluation to determine whether the H-Sat Scale could predict academic self-efficacy, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. Lastly, findings revealed that academic self-efficacy played a mediating role in influencing high school satisfaction by way of life satisfaction and psychological distress. This extensive inquiry into high school satisfaction among adolescents offers profound insights into its individual and societal implications, providing valuable perspectives on a phenomenon that has grown in significance within the social, psychological and educational contexts.
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