School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico
School environment refers to the set of relationships that occur among members of a school community that are determined by structural, personal, and functional factors of the educational institution, which provide distinctiveness to schools. The school environment is an important factor when evalua...
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| author | César Tapia-Fonllem Blanca Fraijo-Sing Victor Corral-Verdugo Glenda Garza-Terán Melanie Moreno-Barahona |
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| description | School environment refers to the set of relationships that occur among members of a school community that are determined by structural, personal, and functional factors of the educational institution, which provide distinctiveness to schools. The school environment is an important factor when evaluating student well-being. Previous findings have shown that variables such as physical, academic, and social dimensions influence school environments. This research seeks to explain the relationship between school environment and the well-being of primary education students. To carry out this research, a total of 405 students from four public elementary schools in northwestern Mexico were selected to participate. The instrument used to measure the variables and the relationship of school environment and well-being is based on the three dimensions of school environment proposed by Kutsyuruba et al. (2015): Physical, social, and academic. Statistical analyses were carried out to determine the reliability and validity of the measurement scales using SPSS V20 and EQS software. Confirmatory factor analysis models were tested to determine the construct validity of each scale; then, an analysis via structural equation modeling was made to form an explanatory model obtaining acceptable practical and statistical indicators. Among the relationships in this study, our research identified the variable of school environments as an outcome determined by physical, academic, and social factors. School environment and student well-being variables were also found to be correlated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ccee8445e65144f9a790f8748e77cf592022-12-21T17:31:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-03-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.00510514190School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern MexicoCésar Tapia-Fonllem0Blanca Fraijo-Sing1Victor Corral-Verdugo2Glenda Garza-Terán3Melanie Moreno-Barahona4Programs of Master and Doctorate in Psychology, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, MexicoPrograms of Master and Doctorate in Psychology, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, MexicoPrograms of Master and Doctorate in Psychology, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, MexicoPrograms of Master and Doctorate in Social Sciences, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, MexicoPrograms of Master and Doctorate in Psychology, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, MexicoSchool environment refers to the set of relationships that occur among members of a school community that are determined by structural, personal, and functional factors of the educational institution, which provide distinctiveness to schools. The school environment is an important factor when evaluating student well-being. Previous findings have shown that variables such as physical, academic, and social dimensions influence school environments. This research seeks to explain the relationship between school environment and the well-being of primary education students. To carry out this research, a total of 405 students from four public elementary schools in northwestern Mexico were selected to participate. The instrument used to measure the variables and the relationship of school environment and well-being is based on the three dimensions of school environment proposed by Kutsyuruba et al. (2015): Physical, social, and academic. Statistical analyses were carried out to determine the reliability and validity of the measurement scales using SPSS V20 and EQS software. Confirmatory factor analysis models were tested to determine the construct validity of each scale; then, an analysis via structural equation modeling was made to form an explanatory model obtaining acceptable practical and statistical indicators. Among the relationships in this study, our research identified the variable of school environments as an outcome determined by physical, academic, and social factors. School environment and student well-being variables were also found to be correlated.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00510/fullschool environmentwell-beingpositive schoolchildrenelementary school |
| spellingShingle | César Tapia-Fonllem Blanca Fraijo-Sing Victor Corral-Verdugo Glenda Garza-Terán Melanie Moreno-Barahona School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico Frontiers in Psychology school environment well-being positive school children elementary school |
| title | School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico |
| title_full | School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico |
| title_fullStr | School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico |
| title_short | School Environments and Elementary School Children’s Well-Being in Northwestern Mexico |
| title_sort | school environments and elementary school children s well being in northwestern mexico |
| topic | school environment well-being positive school children elementary school |
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