Development of a structural model of subjective well-being based on academic buoyancy and academic self-handicapping through the mediation of adolescent perception of parental educational methods

The aim of this study was to develop a structural model of students' mental well-being based on academic buoyancy and academic self- handicapping with the mediation of adolescent perception of parental educational methods and path analysis. The statistical population included all male and female students in the academic year 2020-2021 in districts 1 and 2 of Arak city who were studying mathematics, experimental and humanities in the second year of public high schools and were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The number of sample people, considering the possibility of failure in completing the questionnaires, was finally considered 719 students. Data collection tools included Hossein Chari and Dehghanizadeh Academic buoyancy Questionnaire, Academic Self- handicapping (ASHS), Keys and Magyarmo SWS (subjective well-being) and Robert J. Robbins Adolescent Perception of Parenting Methods (Pops). The obtained data were analyzed by the structural equation model of latent variable type. Findings showed that academic buoyancy and self- handicapping have a direct and significant effect on subjective well-being and adolescent perception of parenting educational methods. The direct effect of mediator variables on subjective well-being was also confirmed. The results showed that the structural model of students' subjective well-being based on buoyancy and academic self- handicapping mediated by adolescents' perception of parents' educational methods is the best fitted model with fit indicators used for use in schools and centers to increase subjective well-being and mental health.