@article{2017,title={LONELINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION AS PREDICTOR OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL STU-DENTS},abstractNode={The purpose of this research is to determine whether the life satisfaction and loneliness are significant predictor of academic success, one of the key variables in educational research. Data were obtained from 630 students in eight different secondary schools located on the east coast of the Eastern Black Sea Region during the 2015-2016 school year. Personal information form, UCLA loneliness scale and life satisfaction scale were used as data collection tool in this research. In this research, the reliability coefficient of the UCLA loneliness scale was found 0.81, and the reliability coefficient of the life satisfaction scale was found 0.69. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to answer the research question. In academic achievement, life satisfaction was not a significant predictor, but loneliness was negative predictor. Overall loneliness score describes .036 of academic achievement. It has been found that as the general loneliness scores increase, the academic achievement decreases and as the general loneliness scores decrease, the academic achievement level increases. General loneliness is also undesirable, as it is undesirable to have a low academic achievement. From this point of view, the academic success of the general loneliness score can be interpreted as an expected outcome of the negative direction procedure. It can be said that solving these problems of students who are lonely can make a positive impact on academic achievement.},author={Hüseyin Hüsnü BAHAR-- Dursun MERAL},year={2017},journal={Kesit Akademi}}