Profiles of School-Related Well-Being and Their Links to Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement

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Abstract

School represents an essential developmental context for adolescents. Accordingly, understanding well-being in school is of utmost importance. While it has long been common to measure well-being on a general level, more recent conceptualizations emphasize its multidimensionality and context-specificity. Therefore, the present study took a person-oriented approach and investigated how profiles of adolescents’ school-related well-being differ regarding two relevant goals of schooling: academic achievement and self-esteem. School-related well-being was assessed along five dimensions: engagement, perseverance, optimism, connectedness, and happiness among Austrian students (N = 1,484). By applying latent profile analyses, we obtained four profiles that differed primarily regarding their total school-related well-being scores and the expression of connectedness. Generally, groups with a higher total score displayed higher academic achievement and self-esteem. However, there are also exceptions standing out from that pattern. Different constellations are discussed, aiming to contribute to further differentiating research on well-being in the school-context.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)189-200
Seitenumfang12
FachzeitschriftZeitschrift für Psychologie
Jahrgang230
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum1 Juli 2022
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juli 2022

ÖFOS 2012

  • 501016 Pädagogische Psychologie

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