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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
Author(s) -
In Hyoyeon,
Kim Hyunhee,
Carney JoLynn V.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.22247
Subject(s) - social connectedness , school climate , psychology , structural equation modeling , path analysis (statistics) , developmental psychology , psychological intervention , multilevel model , social skills , life satisfaction , peer relations , social psychology , peer group , mathematics education , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , psychiatry , computer science
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.