Life Satisfaction, Religiosity, Positive-Negative Affect and Academic Performance in Undergraduates

Abstract

This study investigated the relationships among life satisfaction, religiosity, positive-negative affect and academic performance in 80 undergraduate students. Convenience sampling technique was applied and Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larson, & Griffen, 1985), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson & Clark, 1998) and Index of Religiosity (Aziz & Rehman, 1996) were administered to collect the data. Preceding semester GPA was asked in order to get the idea about the academic performance of the students. The analyses revealed that religiosity and life satisfaction were significantly related to academic performance. Whereas, negative affect was negatively related to academic performance, life satisfaction and religiosity. The analysis also indicated that positive affect and religiosity are not related with life satisfaction. No significant differences were found between gender on studied variables. It was concluded that religiosity and life satisfaction are predictors of high academic performance in undergraduate students.