Social support factors (parent, peer, teacher) are among the themes associated with adolescent school belonging¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Parent support, peer support and teacher support each emerged as themes associated with school belonging at the student level. → Allen 2018

Evidence¶

Allen 2018¶

Allen, K., Kern, M.L., Vella-Brodrick, D., Hattie, J., & Waters, L. (2018). What Schools Need to Know About Fostering School Belonging: a Meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 30, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-016-9389-8

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Systematic review phase of the meta-analysis, identifying the ten themes including "parent support, peer support, teacher support". Each theme's average association with belonging was then meta-analytically examined across 51 studies (N = 67,378); no per-theme effect sizes are printed in the available text.

"First, a systematic review identified 10 themes that influence school belonging at the student level during adolescence in educational settings (academic motivation, emotional stability, personal characteristics, parent support, peer support, teacher support, gender, race and ethnicity, extracurricular activities and environmental/school safety)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Belonging — outcome: instruction changes it
• Social Supports — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Contextual themes (extracurricular activities, environmental/school safety) are associated with school belonging — related
• Individual-difference themes (academic motivation, emotional stability, gender, race and ethnicity) are associated with school belonging — related
• Teacher support is among the strongest predictors of school belonging — related
• Positive personal characteristics are among the strongest predictors of school belonging — related