Role of life‑skills and attitude toward alcohol abuse in predicting academic achievement of school students
نویسندگان
1 Department of Education, North‑Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Life skills are crucial for young adults to lead a successful, satisfying, and productivelife. There is enough evidence suggesting a positive relationship between life skills and academicperformance. Substance abuse among adolescents is a common problem that often leads to academicdisorientation and delinquent behavior. This study aimed to determine whether life skills and attitudestoward alcohol abuse predicted school students’ academic achievement.MATERIAL AND METHOD: The participants (N = 726) enrolled in senior secondary schools ofSikkim, a north‑eastern state of India, constituted the population of the present study. Data werecollected using the “Life Skills Assessment Scale” developed by Subashree and Nair (2014), andthe “Attitude towards Alcohol Abuse Scale” developed by the investigators.RESULT: Life skills and attitude toward alcohol abuse significantly predict students’ academicachievement. 15.3% variance in academic achievements of the students was explained by lifeskills and attitude toward alcohol abuse. Further, the t‑test result reflects that both the variables hadsignificant predictive power to predict students’ academic achievement.CONCLUSION: The finding shows that there was a significant relationship between academicachievement and life skills and attitude toward alcohol abuse of school students. Life skills andattitude toward alcohol abuse predicted 15.3% of the variance in academic achievement.
