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[Vol.445]
By first year of middle school, students¡¯ happiness plummets



(…) New research findings show that the happiness levels of South Korean children in the third grade and up plummet to international lows once they reach the first year of middle school - and that the biggest reasons are a lack of free time and fears for the future.

The international relief and development group Save the Children and the Seoul National University Institute of Social Welfare released findings on Aug. 7 from a comparative study last year of happiness levels for children around the world. In the category of subjectively reported happiness, South Korean children ranked among the lowest for the 42,567 examined in twelve countries in Europe, South America, and Africa. A particularly striking finding was the sharp drop in happiness levels between elementary and middle school students. (…)

“The decrease in children’s happiness as they get older is a global trend, but only in South Korea does the happiness level drop so sharply when they enter middle school,” said Gachon University social welfare professor Ahn Jae-jin, who led the study.

To identify the reasons, the research term conducted focus group interviews in February for 46 first- and second-year middle school students in six regions of South Korea. Titled “Why does happiness decrease when children become middle school students?: Happiness and its changes as seen by middle schoolers,” it asked participants about topics such as their personal views on happiness, their own changes in happiness since entering middle school and the reasons, and their predictions for their future happiness as adults. In their responses, children mentioned “freedom,” “leisure,” “human relationships,” and “use of time” as conditions for happiness. Keywords for changes after entering middle school included “lack of time,” “lots of controls,” and “less time to spend with family.” Just one out of the 46 children interviewed gave a positive response on use of time as a middle school student, citing a “structured life.”

(…) When asked whether they thought they would happier as adults, many students expressed fears about finding work and supporting a family.

(…) According to Ahn, students complained about “future fears like heavy competition and finding a job beyond the lack of freedom in use of their time due to an increased school load.”

“The low levels of happiness among South Korean middle school students are related to issues across society,” Ahn said.

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