Barns och tonåringars välmående
This paper examined if childrens wellbeing affected their social and academic
competence. The data was collected through an anonymous study using
questionnaires, where the measuring instruments GHQ12 and EQ was used, and also
a number of questions concerning academic competence. The population concisted
twentytwo eight grade students, both girls and boys. The population had both
Swedish and foreign ancestry. The result showed that wellbeing and the academic
competence had a positive correlation. However there was a negative correlation
between the other variables. At large the results showed that the child´s own
perception by itself and perception of their social and academic competences
was affected by the parents perception of the child and its competences. The
results also showed that the child?s wellbeing had meaning for the child?s
development and capability in everyday life, thereby both the social and
academic competence.
Keywords: Social Competence, Academic Competence, Wellbeing, Judgement, EQ,
GHQ12.