The Effect of School Adjustment on Life Satisfaction in High School Students through Emotional Problems

This study analyzes the impact of school adjustment on life satisfaction amongfirst-year high school students and examine whether emotional problems mediate therelationship between school adjustment and life satisfaction. Data were drawn from the 7th wave (2016) of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) 2010, comprising1,923 students (1,012 boys and 911 girls). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) andbootstrapping methods were applied using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 18.0 to verify indirecteffects. The results indicated that school adjustment significantly affected both emotionalproblems and life satisfaction. Additionally, school adjustment indirectly influenced lifesatisfaction through emotional problems. These findings suggest that school adjustment plays acrucial role in fostering emotional stability, which subsequently enhances life satisfactionamong high school students. This study emphasizes the importance of providing emotionalsupport to improve school adjustment and life satisfaction, offering foundational data fordeveloping evidence-based educational and counseling interventions aimed at supportingadolescent well-being.