Explaining the Role of Socioeconomic Status by Mediating Mental Well-being in Predicting Students' Academic Success

 Academic Success is one of the important problems facing the higher education stakeholders and it seems important to consider the factors that influence academic success. This study endeavored to investigate the socioeconomic status and mental well-being on the academic success of the students of AJA Medical University.

 This study is a descriptive Correlation. The population were students of AJA Medical University were studying in the academic years 2015-2016. The sample in this study was selected using stratified sampling random method from the population of 310 people. The data collection instrument was mental health and social-economic status questionnaire. Academic success was assessed based on the students' average scores. Data analysis was done through SPSS (Version 20) and Laser (Version 8.8).

 The results of path analysis indicated the direct effects of the sub-variables of mental well-being, respectively, psychological well-being 0/18, emotional well-being 0/22, and social well-being 0/18. The results of path analysis showed direct effects under the subjective well-being variables are 0.46 psychological well-being, 0.22 emotional well-being and 0.18 social well-being, respectively. Subjective well-being with socio-economic status is 0.45

 The results of data path analysis indicated direct and significant effects of mental well-being and socioeconomic status on academic success among military students at AJA University of Medical Sciences. Therefore, it is recommended for the military medical university authorities to consider the students' mental well-being and socioeconomic status along with other factors affecting their academic success.