Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 598-605.

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Relationship between Junior Students’ Gratitude and Academic Achievement: With Academic Engagement as the Mediator

WEN Chao, ZHANG Wei, LI Dong-ping, YU Cheng-fu, DAI Wei-zhu   

  1. School of Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Online:2010-11-15 Published:2010-11-15

Abstract: To examine the relationship between junior students' gratitude and academic achievement,and whether emotional,cognitive and behavioral engagement as factors of academic engagement play a serial mediating effect between them.669 middle school students were tested with Adolescents' Gratitude Scale,Academic Engagement Scale,and Academic Achievement Questionnaire.The results indicated that:(1) Junior students' gratitude was positively associated with their academic achievement;(2) emotional,cognitive and behavioral engagement played a serial mediating effect between gratitude and academic achievement;(3) Scores of female were higher than that of male in the aspects of gratitude and behavioral engagement,which partly accounted for the sexual differences on academic achievement.

Key words: gratitude, adolescent, academic achievement, academic engagement

CLC Number: 

  • G442
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