The paper presents the main results of a study on wellbeing/disaffection and the perception of the school context among lower secondary school students. The convenience sample studied comprises almost 4,500 students. Starting with an analysis of the theoretical framework that points to the need of considering wellbeing conditions as an element of educational success because they include feelings of satisfaction and motivation and because they orient learning and increase performance, we describe the research plan and the tools used. A mixed-method was chosen consisting in the administration of two previously validated questionnaires and in the conduction of several focus groups. The aim of the paper is to illustrate only a part of the results obtained, favouring the elements of coherence between the quantitative and the qualitative results. Data analysis and interpretation offer conclusions that are useful towards a revisitation of the construction of the school and life context in the classroom, providing insight on the most problematic elements emerging from the study.
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