Student wellbeing at secondary school: 79% of 14 year olds extremely dissatisfied
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Student wellbeing drops sharply after starting secondary school with most adolescents satisfied at 11 and most extremely dissatisfied by 14.
According to new research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology, student wellbeing experiences a sharp decline when students begin secondary school, regardless of background or experiences.
Academics from the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge analysed student wellbeing and self-esteem of more than 11,000 young people from across the UK, using data collected when they were 11 and again when they were 14.
It may sound shocking that at 11, most adolescents were satisfied with life, but only three years later, at 14, the majority were extremely dissatisfied by age 14. By that age, the ‘subjective wellbeing’ scores of 79% of participants fell below what had been the average score for the entire group three years earlier.
The study also recorded information regarding adolescents’ satisfaction with specific aspects of the...
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