Student engagement and prosocial behavior in high school students
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School or student engagement is widely recognized as a multidimensional construct
that encompasses three aspects of engagement – cognitive, behavioral, and emotional.
Previous research has linked student engagement to various positive developmental
outcomes such as academic achievement, prosocial behavior, and sense of belonging to
the school. Examining school engagement and its relationship with prosocial behavior
is especially important in high school, when engagement is known to decline. Therefore,
the aim of this study is to examine whether adolescents’ school engagement is
associated with prosocial behavior among high school students.
The research sample consisted of 766 students (61.1% female) from four high schools in
Serbia, age from 15 to 19 (M = 16.36, SD = 1.04). School engagement was assessed by Delaware Student Engagement Scale (four-point Likert-type scale, α = .90). The results
of the confirmatory factor analysis did not yield three separate factors, but instea...d
showed that the items of the behavioral and cognitive engagement subscales were best
represented by one factor. Thus, the scale consists of only two subscales:
cognitive/behavioral engagement (8 items, α = .89) and emotional engagement (4
items, α = .90). Data on prosocial behavior were collected using the prosocial subscale
of The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (5 items, α = .84).
The results show that school engagement is statistically significantly positively
correlated with students’ prosocial behavior. Students with higher scores on the
engagement scale exhibit more prosocial behaviors (r = .64, p = <.001). In addition, a
stronger relationship is found between students' cognitive-behavioral engagement and
prosocial behaviors (r = .65, p = <.001), compared to emotional engagement (r = .46, p =
<.001). The correlation remains significant even when age and gender of respondents
are taken into account.
The results of this study suggest that school engagement can be a powerful resource
for prevention practice and the promotion of prosocial behavior, and that it would be
useful to plan interventions that promote active engagement of students in school.
Кључне речи:
school engagement / student engagement / prosocial behavior / high school studentsИзвор:
Current Trends in Psychology 2023, 2023, 115-116Издавач:
- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy
Институција/група
rFASPERTY - CONF AU - Bogićević, Dragana AU - Bukvić Branković, Lidija AU - Trajković, Marija AU - Popović-Ćitić, Branislava PY - 2023 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5310 AB - School or student engagement is widely recognized as a multidimensional construct that encompasses three aspects of engagement – cognitive, behavioral, and emotional. Previous research has linked student engagement to various positive developmental outcomes such as academic achievement, prosocial behavior, and sense of belonging to the school. Examining school engagement and its relationship with prosocial behavior is especially important in high school, when engagement is known to decline. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine whether adolescents’ school engagement is associated with prosocial behavior among high school students. The research sample consisted of 766 students (61.1% female) from four high schools in Serbia, age from 15 to 19 (M = 16.36, SD = 1.04). School engagement was assessed by Delaware Student Engagement Scale (four-point Likert-type scale, α = .90). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis did not yield three separate factors, but instead showed that the items of the behavioral and cognitive engagement subscales were best represented by one factor. Thus, the scale consists of only two subscales: cognitive/behavioral engagement (8 items, α = .89) and emotional engagement (4 items, α = .90). Data on prosocial behavior were collected using the prosocial subscale of The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (5 items, α = .84). The results show that school engagement is statistically significantly positively correlated with students’ prosocial behavior. Students with higher scores on the engagement scale exhibit more prosocial behaviors (r = .64, p = <.001). In addition, a stronger relationship is found between students' cognitive-behavioral engagement and prosocial behaviors (r = .65, p = <.001), compared to emotional engagement (r = .46, p = <.001). The correlation remains significant even when age and gender of respondents are taken into account. The results of this study suggest that school engagement can be a powerful resource for prevention practice and the promotion of prosocial behavior, and that it would be useful to plan interventions that promote active engagement of students in school. PB - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy C3 - Current Trends in Psychology 2023 T1 - Student engagement and prosocial behavior in high school students EP - 116 SP - 115 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5310 ER -
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Bogićević, D., Bukvić Branković, L., Trajković, M.,& Popović-Ćitić, B.. (2023). Student engagement and prosocial behavior in high school students. in Current Trends in Psychology 2023 University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy., 115-116. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5310
Bogićević D, Bukvić Branković L, Trajković M, Popović-Ćitić B. Student engagement and prosocial behavior in high school students. in Current Trends in Psychology 2023. 2023;:115-116. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5310 .
Bogićević, Dragana, Bukvić Branković, Lidija, Trajković, Marija, Popović-Ćitić, Branislava, "Student engagement and prosocial behavior in high school students" in Current Trends in Psychology 2023 (2023):115-116, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_5310 .