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Abstract

The study was designed to examine direct and indirect relationships between personenvironment fit, sense of belongingness, and academic achievement by structural equation model. The participants were 300 undergraduate students who study different major fields in Faculty of Education in Pamukkale University. Participants’ age ranged 19 and 32. Academic Fit Scale, Psychological Sense of Community Scale, Academic Intrinsic Interest Scale, Academic Satisfaction Scale, and Personal Information Sheet were used to gather data. According to the results sense of belongingness has mediation role in relation to PersonEnvironment fit and academic satisfaction. Results also showed that academic satisfaction plays mediation role in relation to person-environment fit-academic achievement and sense of belongingness-academic achievement. Implication of these finding was discussed in terms of educators, education managers and psychological counselors

Keywords

• Person-Environment fit, sense of belongingness, academic satisfaction, and academic achievement

Birey-Çevre Uyumu, Aidiyet Duygusu, Akademik Doyum ve Akademik Başarı Arasındaki İlişkilerin Analizi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, birey-çevre uyumu, üniversiteye aidiyet duygusu, akademik doyum ve akademik başarı değişkenleri arasındaki doğrudan ve dolaylı ilişkiler yapısal eşitlik modeli çerçevesinde incelenmiştir. Çalışmaya Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesinde farklı alanlarda öğrenim gören, yaşları 19 ile 32 arasında değişen 300 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak, Akademik Uyum Ölçeği, Akademik İçsel İlgi Ölçeği, Üniversiteye Aidiyet Ölçeği, Akademik Doyum Ölçeği ve kişisel bilgi formu kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, aidiyet duygusu, birey-çevre uyumu ve akademik doyum ilişkisinde kısmi aracılık rolü üstlenmektedir. Analiz sonuçları ayrıca, akademik doyumun; birey-çevre uyumu ve akademik başarı, üniversiteye aidiyet duygusu ve akademik başarı ilişkisinde tam aracılık rolü üstlendiğini göstermiştir. Araştırmada elde edilen bulgular, eğitim yöneticileri, eğitimciler ve psikolojik danışmanlar açısından ele alınıp tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• Birey-çevre uyumu, aidiyet duygusu, akademik doyum ve akademik başarı

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