Multiple Mediation of School Attachment between Self-Efficacy and Life Satisfaction in Middle School Students

Year 2023, , 696 - 707, 25.12.2023

Hazal Demir , Mehmet Ali Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.17556/erziefd.1338002

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of school attachment in the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction in middle school students. The study group consisted of students in middle schools in the Suruç, district of Şanlıurfa, 205 girls (53.1%) and 181 boys (46.9 %), with an age range of 9 -16 and an average age of 12.12, SD: 1.25, totaling 386 students. Personal information form, Multidimensional Satisfaction with Life Scale-Short Form, School Attachment Scale and Self-Efficacy Scale were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, Ordinary Least Squares Regression-based approach and Bootstrap Method were used for mediation analysis. According to the findings of the study, significant positive relationships were found between self-efficacy, school attachment and life satisfaction. According to the mediation analysis, the mediation of school attachment between self-efficacy and life satisfaction is found to be statistically significant. The results of the study were discussed and interpreted in the light of the studies in the literature, and suggestions were made to the researchers.

Keywords

Self-efficacy, life satisfaction, school attachment, pre-adolescents

Ortaokul Öğrencilerinde Öz yeterlik ve Yaşam Doyumu Arasında Okula Bağlanmanın Çoklu Aracılığı

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ortaokul öğrencilerinde öz yeterlik ile yaşam doyumu arasındaki ilişkide okula bağlanmanın aracı rolünü incelemektir. Çalışma grubunu Şanlıurfa’nın Suruç ilçesindeki ortaokullarda öğrenim gören yaş aralığı 9-16 arası ve yaş ortalaması 12.12, Ss. 1.25 olan 205’i kız (%53.1) ve 181’i erkek (%46.9) olmak üzere toplam 386 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak kişisel bilgi formu, Çok Boyutlu Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği–Kısa Formu, Okula Bağlanma Ölçeği ve Öz-yeterlik Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın verilerinin analizinde, betimsel istatistikler, Pearson korelasyon analizi ve aracılık analizleri için ise Sıradan En Küçük Kareler Regresyona dayalı yaklaşım ve Bootstrap Yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre öz-yeterlik, okula bağlanma ve yaşam doyumu arasında pozitif yönde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişkiler belirlenmiştir. Aracılık analizine göre öz-yeterlik ile yaşam doyumu arasında okula bağlanmanın aracılığı istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır. Çalışmanın sonuçları alan yazında yer alan çalışmalar ışığında tartışılıp, yorumlanarak araştırmacılara önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

Öz yeterlik, yaşam doyumu, okula bağlanma, ön ergenler

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