Journal Article

School adjustment in adolescence explained by social support, resilience and positive affect

Antonio-Aguirre, Iratxe, Fernández-Lasarte, Oihane, Azpiazu, Lorea, Izar-de-la-Funte, Iker

2024

Overview

In order to develop future academic-professional skills and later social and financial independence, an adequate adolescent school adjustment is essential. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the variables that contribute to its improvement in a stage characterised by its decrease. The aim of the present study is to analyse and compare two theoretical models to determine the prediction of teacher and peer support, resilience and positive affect to school adjustment, measured through emotional engagement, school integration problems and perceived academic performance. The design was cross-sectional and participants were 1397 adolescents in high school ( M = 13.88, SD = 1.27). The results reveal that teacher and peer support, resilience and positive affect indirectly predict perceived academic performance through school integration problems and emotional engagement. The negative effect of emotional engagement and support from peers on school integration problems is particularly worth highlighting, along with the prediction of resilience on positive affect and that of support from teachers on emotional engagement. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Academic achievement / Adaptation / Adjustment / Adolescence / Adolescent Development / Adolescents / Child development / Coping / Education / Educational Environment / Educational Psychology / Emotional Response / Emotions / Financial independence / Grades (Scholastic) / Individual Characteristics / Job Skills / Learner Engagement / Outcomes of Education / Pedagogic Psychology / Peer Groups / Peers / Positive Attitudes / Positive emotions / Prediction models / Resilience / Resilience (Psychology) / School adjustment / School desegregation / School environment / Schools / Secondary schools / Social Environment / Social integration / Social skills / Social support / Student Adjustment / Student Characteristics / Student Motivation / Students / Teachers / Variables / Work skills