A Study of Academic Achievement and Self-Regulation of Adolescents in Relation to Happiness

The purpose of the present study was to study the academic achievement and self-regulation of adolescents in relation to happiness and to compare the academic achievement and self-regulation among adolescents at three levels of happiness, i.e., high, average and low. The other objective was to find out the correlation of happiness with academic achievement and self regulation. The study was based on a sample of 200 government senior secondary schools adolescents. Adolescents were selected from urban area. Adolescents were administered the oxford happiness inventory (OHI) developed by Argyle in 2001 and self-regulation questionnaire developed by Ryan and Cannell in 1998. Results showed that there was significant difference between academic achievement and self-regulation among boys and girls. But in happiness they did not differ significantly. There was significant and positive relationship between happiness and academic achievement, happiness and self-regulation.