The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction
(1) Background: To improve academic performance and prevent dropouts, many studies have investigated the effects of non-intellective competencies on performance, and the effects of performance on school satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the direct role of both non-intellective c...
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| description | (1) Background: To improve academic performance and prevent dropouts, many studies have investigated the effects of non-intellective competencies on performance, and the effects of performance on school satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the direct role of both non-intellective competencies and performance on school satisfaction at the same time. (2) Methods: The study involved 731 Italian students, attending three different high schools, who responded to the H-Comp Scale, a questionnaire assessing twelve different aspects of students’ skills, attitudes and motivations over the study, and the H-Sat Scale, a questionnaire assessing five different areas of school satisfaction. (3) Results: We found a strong role of non-intellective competencies on school satisfaction and a marginal role of academic performance, gender and the attended class, which reduced as students’ seniority increased. (4) Conclusions: This study showed that school satisfaction depends on students’ self-perception in terms of their study competencies and the motivations possessed more than their sole performance, suggesting that this helps students to improve their non-intellective competencies in order to increase their performance and reduce the risk of dropouts, both directly and indirectly, through increasing their school satisfaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dcc17c509b5a416c8981fdd2df5c75802023-11-20T11:39:08ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022020-08-0110922210.3390/educsci10090222The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School SatisfactionPaola Magnano0Diego Boerchi1Ernesto Lodi2Patrizia Patrizi3Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy(1) Background: To improve academic performance and prevent dropouts, many studies have investigated the effects of non-intellective competencies on performance, and the effects of performance on school satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the direct role of both non-intellective competencies and performance on school satisfaction at the same time. (2) Methods: The study involved 731 Italian students, attending three different high schools, who responded to the H-Comp Scale, a questionnaire assessing twelve different aspects of students’ skills, attitudes and motivations over the study, and the H-Sat Scale, a questionnaire assessing five different areas of school satisfaction. (3) Results: We found a strong role of non-intellective competencies on school satisfaction and a marginal role of academic performance, gender and the attended class, which reduced as students’ seniority increased. (4) Conclusions: This study showed that school satisfaction depends on students’ self-perception in terms of their study competencies and the motivations possessed more than their sole performance, suggesting that this helps students to improve their non-intellective competencies in order to increase their performance and reduce the risk of dropouts, both directly and indirectly, through increasing their school satisfaction.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/10/9/222school satisfactionstudents’ competenciesacademic performance |
| spellingShingle | Paola Magnano Diego Boerchi Ernesto Lodi Patrizia Patrizi The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction Education Sciences school satisfaction students’ competencies academic performance |
| title | The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction |
| title_full | The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction |
| title_short | The Effect of Non-Intellective Competencies and Academic Performance on School Satisfaction |
| title_sort | effect of non intellective competencies and academic performance on school satisfaction |
| topic | school satisfaction students’ competencies academic performance |
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