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ERIC Number: EJ1217866
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
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The Relation of Social Skills and School Climate of Diversity to Children's Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of School Connectedness
In, Hyoyeon; Kim, Hyunhee; Carney, JoLynn V.
Psychology in the Schools, v56 n6 p1023-1036 Jun 2019
The present study examined the role of school connectedness in mediating the relations of social skills and school climate of diversity (SCD) to life satisfaction (LS) among school-aged children. This study also investigated whether there is any gender difference in relationships. Participants included 873 elementary school students in Grades 4 through 6. The results of the structural equation modeling supported the partial mediating role of school connectedness, indicating that social skills and SCD lead to LS both directly and indirectly through enhanced school connectedness. Multigroup analysis demonstrated that the direct path from the SCD to LS was significant only for boys, while other paths are invariant across gender. Implications are addressed for school-based interventions to promote school connectedness and LS.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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