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Korean Journal of School Psychology

A Study on the Antecedent Variables Influencing Adolescent School Engagement: Focusing on Behavioural Engagement

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify antecedent variables that positively influence behavioural engagement during school engagement, which is critical to adolescent socialization. The antecedent variable was categorized into the personal characteristics of adolescents who are the main agents of socialization and peer support and teacher support, which can be called social support at school sites. Individual characteristics include strength recognition, strength utilization, and learning goal orientation, and, peer supports include the supports for personality strength and academy, and, teacher supports include the supports for personality strength and perspective change. For this study, a survey was conducted on 539 high school students nationwide, collected data, 33 of them were removed, and 506 data were analyzed. Analysis shows that only learning goal orientation set as a sub-factor of individual characteristics has a static significant effect on behavioral engagement. Finally, based on the findings, we discuss the implications, limitations, and future research tasks of the study.

keywords
school engagement, social support, recognition and utilization of strengths, learning goal orientation, support for peers’ strengths, support for teachers’ strength strengths coaching programs, growth mindset coaching program
Submission Date
2020-11-26
Revised Date
2021-06-03
Accepted Date
2021-07-21

Korean Journal of School Psychology