Abstract

• School satisfaction is a major aspect of adolescents’ quality of life. It is important in and of itself and adolescents have a right to feel good about themselves and the institutions in which they function. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of school-related social support on perceived school satisfaction among adolescents. A total of 320 adolescents participated in this study. Regarding gender, the findings indicated that female students were higher in school satisfaction than that of male students. There was a significant gender difference for adolescents’ perceived school satisfaction. And then, there was no significant difference in perceived school satisfaction by grade. The result pointed out that there was no significant gender and grade difference for adolescents’ school-related social support. The results indicated that school-related social support by teachers and school-related social support by classmates were positively correlated with school satisfaction of adolescents. The results revealed that perceived school satisfaction was explained by school-related social support by teachers and classmates. The findings indicated that school-related social support by teachers was the most significant factor in predicting adolescents perceived school satisfaction of adolescents.