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Relationships Between School Enjoyment, Social Integration, and Achievement at the Beginning of Primary School: Does Family Background Matter?

Melike Ömeroğulları , Michaela Gläser-Zikuda

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Ömeroğulları M, Gläser-Zikuda M. Relationships between school enjoyment, social integration, and achievement at the beginning of primary school: does family background matter?. European J Psychol E. 2022;5(2):127-143. doi: 10.12973/ejper.5.2.127
Ömeroğulları, M., & Gläser-Zikuda, M. (2022). Relationships between school enjoyment, social integration, and achievement at the beginning of primary school: does family background matter?. European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 5(2), 127-143. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.5.2.127
Ömeroğulları Melike, and Michaela Gläser-Zikuda. " Relationships Between School Enjoyment, Social Integration, and Achievement at the Beginning of Primary School: Does Family Background Matter?," European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research 5, no. 2 (2022): 127-143. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.5.2.127
Ömeroğulları, M & Gläser-Zikuda, 2022, 'Relationships between school enjoyment, social integration, and achievement at the beginning of primary school: does family background matter?', European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 127-143. Ömeroğulları, Melike, and Michaela Gläser-Zikuda. "Relationships Between School Enjoyment, Social Integration, and Achievement at the Beginning of Primary School: Does Family Background Matter?." European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 5, no. 2, 2022, pp. 127-143, https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.5.2.127.

Abstract

At the beginning of primary school, young children need to adapt academically, socially, and emotionally to their new school environment. Enjoying going to school and becoming socially integrated are important preconditions for successful learning. However, children from disadvantaged families have fewer resources and receive less support, and such deficits can result in lower attainment, negative emotions, and lower well-being. In recent years, interest in emotions and well-being in school has grown in educational research. However, studies analyzing the affective characteristics of disadvantaged students, especially in primary school, are still scarce. In this study, we analyzed reciprocal relationships between school enjoyment, social integration, and achievement using cross-lagged structural equation modeling (Grades 1 and 2), while controlling for family background and sex. We used data from the National Educational Panel Study in Germany (NEPS; N = 4,986). Results showed positive effects of school enjoyment on achievement and social integration on school enjoyment. Additionally, a better home learning environment had positive effects on school enjoyment and social integration in Grade 1. Effects of socioeconomic and migration background on school enjoyment and social integration were not significant. Our results show no evidence that educationally disadvantaged students are additionally disadvantaged in their school enjoyment or social integration at the beginning of primary school.  

Keywords: School enjoyment, social integration, school achievement, family background, primary school.


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