Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization
AbstractSeveral factors influence adolescents’ life satisfaction. At school, peer relatedness and school supportiveness, as well as individual self-perceptions such as academic self-efficacy, promote life satisfaction. Yet school is a context within which risks such as victimization can occur. The a...
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| description | AbstractSeveral factors influence adolescents’ life satisfaction. At school, peer relatedness and school supportiveness, as well as individual self-perceptions such as academic self-efficacy, promote life satisfaction. Yet school is a context within which risks such as victimization can occur. The aim of this study was to test a model of relations of school factors predicting life satisfaction. We tested the mediator effects of victimization and academic self-efficacy between school supportiveness and peer belonging and life satisfaction. Participants were 2200 6th and 7th grades children attending middle school in Southern Switzerland. Data have been collected with the Middle Years Development Instrument questionnaire. Results showed that the sense of peer belonging and a supportive school environment have a positive effect on children academic self-efficacy and life satisfaction, and reduce the probability of victimization. Victimization, in turn, negatively affects life satisfaction and academic self-efficacy, while academic self-efficacy has a positive effect on life satisfaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-570cc7e6e0e84be281e77526756688b22024-04-09T05:49:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2024-12-0111110.1080/2331186X.2024.2338016Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimizationLuciana Castelli0Jenny Marcionetti1Department of Education and Learning, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Locarno, SwitzerlandDepartment of Education and Learning, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Locarno, SwitzerlandAbstractSeveral factors influence adolescents’ life satisfaction. At school, peer relatedness and school supportiveness, as well as individual self-perceptions such as academic self-efficacy, promote life satisfaction. Yet school is a context within which risks such as victimization can occur. The aim of this study was to test a model of relations of school factors predicting life satisfaction. We tested the mediator effects of victimization and academic self-efficacy between school supportiveness and peer belonging and life satisfaction. Participants were 2200 6th and 7th grades children attending middle school in Southern Switzerland. Data have been collected with the Middle Years Development Instrument questionnaire. Results showed that the sense of peer belonging and a supportive school environment have a positive effect on children academic self-efficacy and life satisfaction, and reduce the probability of victimization. Victimization, in turn, negatively affects life satisfaction and academic self-efficacy, while academic self-efficacy has a positive effect on life satisfaction.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2338016Life satisfactionschool experiencesadolescenceRichard Kruk, Psychology, University of Manitoba, CanadaEducational PsychologyPositive Psychology |
| spellingShingle | Luciana Castelli Jenny Marcionetti Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization Cogent Education Life satisfaction school experiences adolescence Richard Kruk, Psychology, University of Manitoba, Canada Educational Psychology Positive Psychology |
| title | Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization |
| title_full | Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization |
| title_fullStr | Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization |
| title_short | Life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence: the impact of school supportiveness, peer belonging and the role of academic self-efficacy and victimization |
| title_sort | life satisfaction and school experience in adolescence the impact of school supportiveness peer belonging and the role of academic self efficacy and victimization |
| topic | Life satisfaction school experiences adolescence Richard Kruk, Psychology, University of Manitoba, Canada Educational Psychology Positive Psychology |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2338016 |
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