Development of scholastic well-being in the course of the 5th grade in secondary education
Obermeier R, Gläser-Zikuda M (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2022
Journal
Book Volume: 114
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101978
Abstract
Scholastic well-being is highly relevant, as it is connected with achievement and successful coping with critical life events. Since well-being in school is a multidimensional construct, it is necessary to analyze trajectories of these multiple dimensions to get a deeper understanding of changes and influencing factors. The empirical base for differential development of scholastic well-being for girls and boys, students with and without migration background and students attending medium and academic educational tracks is inconsistent. Additionally, there is a lack of findings regarding students' well-being in co-educational versus single-sex schools. Therefore, the current study aims at analyzing changes in all six dimensions of scholastic well-being during the 5th grade for specific groups of students (boys and girls, students with and without migration backgrounds, students attending medium and academic educational tracks and in co-educational versus singlesex schools). Based on a sample of N = 1,042 students in Catholic schools (80.5% female, 25.8% with migration background, 48.9% in a medium educational track, 54.3% in single-sex schools) who participated in three measurement time points, longitudinal multi-level analyses were calculated. Results reveal a decrease in all dimensions of scholastic well-being over time. Additionally, they illustrate the causal role of time-stable covariates, such as gender, educational track, migration background, and co-educational versus single-sex schooling. The results show slightly different trajectories for male and female students. Thus, the presented study builds upon results of previous studies by providing further information on short-term changes of scholastic wellbeing and different trajectories for specific groups of students.
Authors with CRIS profile
Michaela Gläser-Zikuda
Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt empirische Unterrichtsforschung
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Austria (AT)How to cite
APA:
Obermeier, R., & Gläser-Zikuda, M. (2022). Development of scholastic well-being in the course of the 5th grade in secondary education. International Journal of Educational Research, 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101978
MLA:
Obermeier, Ramona, and Michaela Gläser-Zikuda. "Development of scholastic well-being in the course of the 5th grade in secondary education." International Journal of Educational Research 114 (2022).
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