The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between academic achievement and life satisfaction and whether forced parental choice mediated the relationship between these constructs. It was hypothesized that academic achievement and life satisfaction would have a significant relation and that parental choice would mediate this association. The study used a co relational research design. The sample size of the study was 200 including 100 males and 100 females’ selected using purposive sampling. Pearson product moment correlation, independent sample t test, regression and mediation analysis were used. The results have shown that there is a significant relationship between academic achievement and life satisfaction. It was also found that forced parental choice mediated the relationship between academic achievement and life satisfaction. However, there were no gender differences among medical students on these constructs. Key words: Academic achievement, Life satisfaction, Medical students, Forced Parental Choice DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/62-17 Publication date:May 31st 201
