Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 59-64.

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The Effects of Academic Self-concepts on School Engagement of Technical School Students:The Mediating Role of Ingroup Identification

JIANG Jin-wei, YAO Mei-lin   

  1. School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2011-01-15 Published:2011-01-15

Abstract: To examine the effects of academic self-concepts(manipulative,literacy,and math self-concept)on school engagement and the mediating role of ingroup identification,a total of 270 technical school students(1st, 2nd and 3rd grade)were selected to fill in questionnaires of academic self-concepts,ingroup identification and school engagement.Results indicated(1)there were 29.62 percent of technical school students with low school engagement;(2)all three academic self-concepts were significant predictors of school engagement,but manipulative self-concept was the strongest one.The ingroup identification was a mediator of the relationship between manipulative self-concept and school engagement as well as literacy self-concept and school engagement.

Key words: school engagement, academic self-concept, ingroup identification, manipulative self-concept

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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