Relationships between School Climate and Values: The Mediating Role of Attitudes towards Authority in Adolescents

José Luis Gálvez-Nieto, Karina Polanco-Levicán, Ítalo Trizano-Hermosilla and Juan Carlos Beltrán-Véliz
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José Luis Gálvez-Nieto: Departamento de Trabajo Social, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Karina Polanco-Levicán: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Ítalo Trizano-Hermosilla: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Juan Carlos Beltrán-Véliz: LICSA-Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas, Núcleo Científico Tecnológico en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: School climate is related to a wide variety of positive results at the school level; however, its relationship with the construct of values has received little attention, despite being a key variable in the development of personality. This study aimed to examine the direct and indirect relationships between school climate, attitudes towards authority, and values. The participants in this study were 2683 students (51.2% men and 48.8% women) from 32 schools aged between 12 and 20 years (M = 15.78 years, SD = 1.35). Two models of structural equations were estimated, and the model that best fit the data confirmed that school climate was indirectly related to values through attitudes towards authority. The reciprocal and interactive relationships between school climate, attitudes towards authority, and values are also discussed.

Keywords: school climate; values; attitudes towards authority; adolescence; positive development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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