School engagement profiles in Chilean secondary students

Primer Autor
de Toro, Ximena
Co-autores
Saracostti, Mahia
Lara, Laura
Miranda, Horacio
Miranda-Zapata, Edgardo
Título
School engagement profiles in Chilean secondary students
Editorial
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Revista
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Lenguaje
en
Resumen
School engagement is considered a key variable in promoting educational trajectories. Previous research shows that maintaining high levels of school engagement is fundamental, given its association with multiple academic results and lower-risk behaviors. This article aims to show how school engagement profiles (based on the behavioral, affective, and cognitive subdimensions) relate to academic achievement (math and language), contextual factors (family, teachers, and peer support), and gender. This study involved 527 students enrolled in the 1st year of secondary education in public schools in Chile. All students came from vulnerable schools. Our study used cluster analysis to identify students' profiles. We identified the existence of three different profiles of school engagement (high, medium, and low) considering the three subdimensions of school engagement (behavioral, affective and cognitive). Secondly, ANOVA analysis showed differences in language and math academic achievement scores between the profiles, where higher engagement students showed higher academic performance in language and math. These findings are consistent with previous studies showing that contextual factors strongly influence school engagement and better behavioral engagement in female than male students. It will discuss the pertinence of person-centered approaches focusing on combinations of variables within students rather than taking each variable as the focal point when analyzing goals. These techniques are a favorable methodological alternative to investigate why some students have better results than others instead of just ranking students by their performance. It will conclude with some future lines of research and practical implications.
Fecha Publicación
2023
Tipo de Recurso
artículo original
doi
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1088089
Formato Recurso
PDF
Palabras Claves
school engagement
profiles
academic achievement
family
peers
teachers
gender
secondary school
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1088089
Categoría OCDE
Psicología
Materias
compromiso escolar
perfiles
logro académico
familia
colegas
profesores
género
Escuela secundaria
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)
artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
versión publicada
License
CC BY 4.0
Condición de la licencia (Recomendado-repetible)
CC BY 4.0
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000929088900001
ISSN
1664-1078
Tipo de ruta
verde# dorado
Categoría WOS
Psicología
Referencia del Financiador (Mandatado si es aplicable-repetible)
ANID-FONDECYT 1210172
ANID FONDECYT 1210172
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