Life Satisfaction and Student Engagement in Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Lewis, Ashley D.; Huebner, E. Scott; Malone, Patrick S.; Valois, Robert F.
Titel	Life Satisfaction and Student Engagement in Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 3, S.249-262 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-010-9517-6
Schlagwörter	Life Satisfaction; Structural Equation Models; Adolescents; Learner Engagement; Psychology; Well Being; Middle School Students; Role; Student School Relationship; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensvollendung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychologie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Rollen; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Situated within a positive psychology perspective, this study explored linkages between adolescent students' positive subjective well-being and their levels of engagement in schooling. Specifically, using structural equation modeling techniques, we evaluated the nature and directionality of longitudinal relationships between life satisfaction and student engagement variables. It was hypothesized that adolescents' life satisfaction and student engagement variables would show bidirectional relationships. To test this hypothesis, 779 students (53% female, 62% Caucasian) in a Southeastern US middle school completed a measure of global life satisfaction and measures of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement at two time points, 5 months apart. A statistically significant bidirectional relationship between life satisfaction and cognitive engagement was found; however, non-significant relationships were found between life satisfaction and emotional and behavioral student engagement. The findings provide important evidence of the role of early adolescents' life satisfaction in their engagement in schooling during the important transition grades between elementary and high school. The findings also help extend the positive psychology perspective to the relatively neglected context of education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10