Title Page
초록
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Contents
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION 14
1.1. Background of the Study 14
1.2. Statement of the Problem 16
1.3. Research Objectives 19
1.4. Research Hypotheses 19
1.5. Significance of the Study 20
1.6. Organisation of the Work 21
CHAPTER TWO. LITERATURE REVIEW 22
2.1. Conceptual Issues 22
2.1.1. Academic Performance 22
2.1.2. Happiness 23
2.1.3. Social Relationship 24
2.1.4. Educational Environment 25
2.1.5. Financial support 25
2.2. Theoretical Literature 26
2.2.1. Hedonism Theory 27
2.2.2. Desire Theory 27
2.2.3. Objective List Theory 28
2.3. Empirical Review 29
2.4. Research Gap 32
CHAPTER THREE. METHODOLOGY 33
3.1. Area of Study 33
3.2. Research Design 34
3.3. Data Collection Methods 34
3.3.1. Source of Data 34
3.3.2. Data Collection Instrument 34
3.3.3. Data Collection Procedure 35
3.4. Population, Sampling Technique, and Sample Size 35
3.5. Methods of Data Analysis 36
3.6. Measurement of Variables 37
3.7. Validity and Reliability of Research Instrument 37
3.8. Ethical Considerations 39
CHAPTER FOUR. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 40
4.1. Descriptive Results 40
4.1.1. Respondents' Characteristics 40
4.1.2. Perception of Happiness 45
4.1.3. Perception of Academic Performance 51
4.2. Inferential Results 52
4.2.1. Reliability Test of Measures 52
4.2.2. Multicollinearity Test 53
4.2.3. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis 53
4.2.4. Regression Analysis 59
CHAPTER FIVE. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES 62
5.2. Conclusion 62
5.3. Recommendations 62
5.1. Summary of Findings 64
5.4. Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies 66
5.4.1. Limitations of the data collection Instrument 66
5.4.2. General Limitations of the work and Suggestions for Further Studies 67
REFERENCES 69
APPENDICES 73
QUESTIONNAIRE 73
Abstract 79
Table 3.1. Cronbach's Alpha Rule of Thumb for Interpreting Results 39
Table 4.1. Respondents' Distribution for Social Relationship SD=Strongly Disagree, D=Disagree, N=Neutral, A=Agree, SA=Strongly Agree 45
Table 4.2. Respondents' Distribution for Educational Environment 48
Table 4.3. Respondents' Distribution for Financial Support 50
Table 4.4. Respondents' Distribution for Academic Performance 51
Table 4.5. Reliability Results of Variables 52
Table 4.6. Variance Inflationary Factor (VIF) Collinearity 53
Table 4.7. Correlation Matrix. 54
Table 4.8. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis of the Association between Social Relationship and Academic Performance 55
Table 4.9. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis of the Relationship between Educational Environment and Academic Performance 56
Table 4.10. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis of the Relationship between Financial Support and Academic Performance 58
Table 4.11. Model Summary 59
Table 4.12. Coefficients 60
Table 5.1. Summary of Findings 66
Figure 1.1. International Students' Enrolments Statistics 16
Figure 1.2. Top Ten Educational Systems in the World 18
Figure 2.1. Conceptual Framework 26
Figure 4.1. Gender Distribution 40
Figure 4.2. Distribution for Age Range 41
Figure 4.3. Distribution for Marital Status 41
Figure 4.4. Distribution for Country of Origin 42
Figure 4.5. Distribution for Highest Level of Education 43
Figure 4.6. Distribution for Name of University 43
Figure 4.7. Distribution for Source of Funding for Education 44