Explanatory Factors of School Climate and School Identification: An Analysis of Multilevel Latent Profiles

José Luis Gálvez-Nieto, Karina Polanco-Levicán (), Braulio Navarro-Aburto and Juan Carlos Béltran-Véliz
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José Luis Gálvez-Nieto: Departamento de Trabajo Social, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Karina Polanco-Levicán: Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Braulio Navarro-Aburto: Instituto Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
Juan Carlos Béltran-Véliz: Núcleo Científico Tecnológico en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: School climate is a highly relevant variable that is associated with a series of positive results. However, there are still few studies that have statistically modelled the simultaneous influence of structural variables at the school level on the individual perception of the school climate and identification. This study had two objectives: (1) Identify school climate and school identification profiles at the individual and school levels. (2) Relate school climate and school identification profiles to factors located at the individual and school levels. The participants were selected from a probabilistic and stratified sample, n = 2070 adolescents (40.6% men, 59.4% women), aged between 13 and 18 years (M = 14.64, SD = 0.718), from 28 secondary schools in Chile. The results allowed us to identify four clusters at the student level and two classes of school climate at the school level. The explanatory factors at the individual level were Cognitive engagement ( p < 0.001), Academic Expectations ( p < 0.001), Positive Attitude to Authority ( p < 0.001) and Family Conflict ( p < 0.001). The explanatory factor at the school level was the school vulnerability index ( p = 0.031). Finally, the explanatory effects of factors at individual and school levels on school climate are theoretically discussed.

Keywords: school climate; engagement; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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