The prediction of happiness and creativity based on the school climate by mediating the Educational Engagement and the emotional-social competence of high school female students

The purpose of this research is to predict happiness and creativity based on the school climate by mediating the educational Engagement, and emotional-social competence of high school female students.

The research method is correlational which a type of structural equation. A total of 518 students from all 16-18 year old students among public schools in Tehran were selected randomly by multi-stage cluster sampling. Students completed the questionnaire of Students' emotional-social competence: SECQ (2012), Rio's Educational Engagement (2013), Abedi's Creativity (1993), School Acceptance Questionnaire (SCASIM-St) (2017), Oxford Happiness OHI (1999) .Pearson correlation and structural equation model were used.

Based on the model presented in this study, happiness variables as much as 41% = R2 creativity variables were explained to 42% = R2. Social-emotional-social competence of students had the highest total effect (51/44) on the happiness of students after school enrollment (0/414) and then educational Engagement (0/260). Emotional-social competence of students has the highest total effect (0/632) on students' creativity.

According to the results of this study, promoting the positive climate of schools and social-emotional-social competence of students as important variables affecting the creativity and happiness of students in the priorities of education.