School alienation and student well-being: A cross-lagged longitudinal analysis.

Autor/inn/en	Morinaj, Julia; Hascher, Tina
Titel	School alienation and student well-being: A cross-lagged longitudinal analysis. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Schulentfremdung und Wohlbefinden von Schülern: Eine Cross-Lagged-Längsschnittanalyse.
Quelle	In: European journal of psychology of education, 34 (2019) 2, S. 273-294Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928; 1878-5174
DOI	10.1007/s10212-018-0381-1
Schlagwörter	Einstellung (Psy); Entfremdung; Wohlbefinden; Schule; Sekundarbereich; Lehrer; Schüler; Schülerin; Lernen; Mitschüler
Abstract	School alienation is identified as a severe educational problem that hampers students' academic journey. However, little is known about the concept's interplay with other socio-emotional phenomena such as well-being. This longitudinal study explored the crosslagged associations among alienation from learning, teachers, and classmates, and different dimensions of student well-being. To investigate the direction of the relationship between school alienation and student well-being, we used self-report instruments at two measurement points over a 1-year interval. Data were collected from a sample of 508 Swiss secondary school students from grade 7 to grade 8 participating in the "School Alienation in Switzerland and Luxembourg (SASAL)" research project. Controlling for gender differences, the results of latent variable modeling revealed considerable stability effects across time and a causal effect of school alienation on student well-being, whereas the reversed effect of student well-being on subsequent school alienation was nonsignificant. The three domains of school alienation were found to have different associations with six well-being dimensions. Alienation from learning had a negative impact on positive attitudes to school and enjoyment in school. Alienation from teachers negatively predicted positive attitudes to school and positively predicted worries and social problems in school. Alienation from classmates negatively influenced future positive attitudes to school and contributed to the prevalence of social problems in school. The findings provide empirical support for the importance of students' feelings of alienation in determining students' sense of well-being and imply that both academic and social aspects of schooling have a significant impact on young people's stances toward school. (c) Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2025/3