The quality of life and academic achievement of selected grade nine students in De La Salle Santiago Zobel School, Muntinlupa City, Philippines

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This study examined the connection of quality of life on the academic
performance of students. The quality of life was measured based on the
students’ physical well-being, psychological well-being, autonomy and parents’
relations, social support or peers, and school environment. Their academic
performance was measured based on the General Point Average (GPA). A total
of 70 Grade Nine students participated in the study. The Kidscreen 27 (Ravens
Sieberer et al., 2008) survey tool was used to gather data about the quality of
life while GPA was lifted from the school records. Statistical tools were used to
analyse the data. Findings reveal that students’ quality of life is high (95.7%, 67)
with school environment (β = 0.99, p = .001) having the greatest influence on
the overall perceived quality of life. Their academic performance is at advanced
level (90% and above). The path analysis performed revealed the direct positive
influence of school environment (β = 0.337, p = .04) on academic performance
and the direct positive influence of autonomy and parents’ relation (β = .135)
and social support and peers (β = -0.627) on school environment. Thus, the
overall findings of this study suggest that a friendly academic culture and
human element and presence of social support groups will lead to improved
academic performance and quality of life. Likewise, this study recommends
for the schools to sustain the protective factors and regulate the risk factors
such as too heavy an academic workload, that affects the students’ academic
performance.