Facets of Career Development in a New Immigrant Destination: Exploring the Associations Among School Climate, Belief in Self, School Engagement, and Academic Achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra A. Storlie ◽  
Russell B. Toomey
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Career Development ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
School Safety ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
New Immigrant

With contemporary career challenges facing Latino/a youth, particularly those from immigrant communities, counselors and career development professionals may find it challenging to provide effective career services for this unique population. Students from one middle school and one high school located in a new immigrant destination were surveyed to test the hypothesis that belief in self and school engagement (i.e., behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement) played a serial mediating role in the association between school safety and academic achievement (i.e., grade point average). Moderation of the mediation model by ethnicity was also examined. Results from the sample ( N = 877) indicated that school safety was associated with higher levels of belief in self, which in turn was associated with higher levels of school engagement. Only behavioral engagement, however, was associated with greater academic achievement. Associations did not differ by ethnicity. Career implications on the importance of behavioral engagement among teachers, counselors, career development professionals, and administrators to support the academic achievement of marginalized youth are provided.

scholarly journals SCHOOL RACIAL CLIMATE AND THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 673-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charity Brown Griffin ◽  
Shauna M. Cooper ◽  
Isha W. Metzger ◽  
Alexandrea R. Golden ◽  
C. Nicole White
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
African American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Racial Climate ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role

Inattention Symptoms Are Associated With Academic Achievement Mostly Through Variance Shared With Intrinsic Motivation and Behavioral Engagement

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 1816-1828 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Plamondon ◽  
Rhonda Martinussen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Teacher Reports ◽  
Commonality Analysis ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Variance Explained

Objective: The main goal of the current study is to investigate whether intrinsic motivation and behavioral engagement mediate the association between inattention symptoms and academic achievement (reading, writing, and mathematics), as well as to document the extent to which inattention symptoms contribute to academic achievement due to variance overlapping with intrinsic motivation and behavioral engagement. Method: Participants were 92 children (Grades 1-4). Data were gathered using a combination of parent and teacher reports as well as objective assessments. Results: Results did not support the mediating role of intrinsic motivation and behavioral engagement. A commonality analysis showed that 77.44% to 82.10% of the variance explained in each academic achievement domains was due to variance shared by inattention symptoms, intrinsic motivation, and behavioral engagement. Conclusion: These results suggest more commonality than differences between inattention symptoms, intrinsic motivation, and behavioral engagement with regard to their association with academic achievement. The implications of these findings are discussed.

A Bifactor Model of School Engagement

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristjan K. Stefansson ◽  
Steinunn Gestsdottir ◽  
G. John Geldhof ◽  
Sigurgrimur Skulason ◽  
Richard M. Lerner
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Factor Models ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Multidimensional Models ◽  
Three Factor

School engagement involves cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components that overlap conceptually. This conceptual ambiguity has led to measures that have either consisted of one general factor or separate correlated factors. However, neither approach can sufficiently account for both the uniqueness and the overlap of the subcomponents. The bifactor model has been recommended to determine the degree to which a measure is unidimensional versus multidimensional. In this study, we examined the validity of a multidimensional measure of school engagement in adolescence, the Behavioral-Emotional-Cognitive School Engagement Scale (BEC-SES; Li & Lerner, 2013), by comparing the model fit and predictive power of the widely-used one- and three-factor models with a bifactor model. Using data from 561 youth in Iceland (46% girls, Mage at Wave 1 = 14.3 years, SD = 0.3), only the multidimensional models (i.e., the three-factor and bifactor models) gave a good fit to the data. We then assessed the predictive power of the multidimensional models for academic achievement. The addition of academic achievement as an outcome variable to the bifactor model revealed that general school engagement, as well as specific behavioral engagement, predicted achievement. These findings are distinct from previous results using three-factor models, which indicated that behavioral engagement alone predicted later achievement. The results of the current study support the use of a bifactor model when using measures of school engagement.

scholarly journals ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF THE POSITIVE PERSONALITY MODEL

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 572-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guadalupe de la Iglesia ◽  
Alejandro Castro Solano
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Academic Adjustment ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Traits

This research aimed at testing an explicative model of academic achievement of college students. Positive personality traits were hypothesized as the main predictors. Mental health and academic adjustment were tested as mediator variables. This model intended to reflect the main hypothesis that academic achievement is multi-determined and non-intellectual variables play an important role in explaining it. Sample was composed of 256 college students of different majors. The results obtained highlighted the importance of differentiating subjective and objective academic achievement in terms of academic adjustment (AA) and grade point average (GPA), respectively. The explicative model that included positive traits as background variables confirmed the mediating role of mental health and AA in explaining GPA. Sprightliness was the most important predictor of academic achievement in comparison to the other positive traits studied. It is concluded that positive personality traits play an important role in academic outcomes. Keywords: academic adjustment, academic achievement, personality traits, positive traits.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of School Engagement in the Relationship between Attitude toward Learning and Academic Achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
M. Yüksel Erdoğdu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of school engagement in the relationship between attitude toward learning and academic achievement. The study was carried out on 438 high school students. The Scale of Attitudes Toward Learning and the School Engagement Scale were applied to the participants, and students’ academic achievement scores were obtained from the school administration. In the study, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and the ordinary least squares regression-based approach and Bootstrap method were used to determine the effects of the mediation model. According to the research findings, a relationship between attitude toward learning, academic achievement, and school engagement was found. It was determined that school engagement plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between attitude toward learning and academic achievement. The results revealed the importance of school engagement in improving students’ attitude toward learning and academic achievement, and it was recommended to discuss and interpret the results.

scholarly journals Teaching-Learning Conceptions and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Test Anxiety

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gokhan Bas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Learning Conceptions ◽  
The Relationship

The current research aimed at examining the mediating role of test anxiety in the relationship between teaching-learning conceptions and academic achievement. The correlation investigation model was adopted in this research. The participants of the research were volunteering teachers (n = 108) and students (n = 526) from five different high schools. For data collection, the “teaching-learning conceptions scale” (Chan & Elliott, 2004), the “Westside test anxiety scale” (Driscoll, 2007), and the “Grade point average determination form” were used. The data was analysed using hierarchical multiple regression analysis. According to the results obained, it was found that there were significant relationships amongst teaching-learning conceptions, test anxiety, and academic achievement. Furthermore, it was concluded that test anxiety mediated the relationship between teaching-learning conceptions and academic achievement significantly. 

scholarly journals The Mental Health and Grade Point Average among College Students from Lower Socioeconomic Status Based on Healthcare Data Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xue Dong ◽  
Kaige Yang ◽  
Ruxin Zhang ◽  
Yuecheng Lv
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Health And Academic Achievement

This study evaluated the mediating role of social support in the relationships between mental health and academic achievement and used a sample of 640 college students from lower socioeconomic status (LSES) compared to 501 from higher socioeconomic status (HSES) in China. Self-report measures of depression, anxiety, Internet addiction, self-esteem, perceived social support, and grade point average (GPA) were measured online. Group differences were examined with Chi-square analyses. Results. (1) There were significant differences in mental health, academic achievement, and social support between LSES and HSES. (2) Anxiety, depression, and Internet addiction were significantly negatively correlated with academic achievement; self-esteem and social support were significantly positively correlated with academic achievement. (3) Social support has a mediating role between mental health and academic achievement. These results proved that it is necessary to pay more attention to their mental health and develop social support to improve their academic achievement for LSES students. Previous studies have paid little attention to the LSES students, but these students are more prone to psychological problems. Therefore, this study focuses on the LSES students.

School Success and School Engagement of Immigrant Children and Adolescents

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi ◽  
Ann S. Masten
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
School Success ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
The Individual

Academic achievement in immigrant children and adolescents is an indicator of current and future adaptive success. Since the future of immigrant youths is inextricably linked to that of the receiving society, the success of their trajectory through school becomes a high stakes issue both for the individual and society. The present article focuses on school success in immigrant children and adolescents, and the role of school engagement in accounting for individual and group differences in academic achievement from the perspective of a multilevel integrative model of immigrant youths’ adaptation ( Motti-Stefanidi, Berry, Chryssochoou, Sam, & Phinney, 2012 ). Drawing on this conceptual framework, school success is examined in developmental and acculturative context, taking into account multiple levels of analysis. Findings suggest that for both immigrant and nonimmigrant youths the relationship between school engagement and school success is bidirectional, each influencing over time the other. Evidence regarding potential moderating and mediating roles of school engagement for the academic success of immigrant youths also is evaluated.

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