Capítulo 1: Fundamentación teórica
1.4 Herramientas de modelado
academic achievement. However, further research is needed to support the pre-sented fi ndings. As has been mentioned above, the construct of SWB was not oper-ationalized satisfyingly. To be able to draw conclusions which are more content-re-lated, future studies should consider a greater number of facets of SWB to satisfy the complexity of the construct and should analyze students’ SWB by means of well-validated instruments. Furthermore, it would be desirable to investigate the reciprocal relation between SWB and academic achievement on basis of at least three points of measurement and shorter time lags between each of them. This would enable researchers to distinguish stable variability between persons from within person variance (Hamaker et al., 2015).
Moreover, future studies should examine eff ects of additional variables. In this regard, variables like socioeconomic status and ethnic heritage should be includ-ed to control for pre-existing diff erences in achievement. The role of variables like self-concept, interest and divergent thinking that possibly mediate the relation be-tween SWB and academic achievement should be investigated, as well. Because we found evidence that – especially – higher scores in MC were associated with high-er scores of sevhigh-eral aspects of SWB on a lathigh-er time, it would be inthigh-eresting to inves-tigate a possible mediation through self-concept in mathematics on this relation.
Furthermore, recent fi ndings suggest that the association between positive emo-tions and academic achievement might be mediated through motivation (Mega, Ronconi, & De Beni, 2014). Therefore, it would be interesting to investigate if these results apply on other facets of well-being as well. Another desideratum in this context might be to investigate infl uences of variables on higher hierarchical lev-els on students’ SWB or academic achievement. For example, the role of compo-sitional eff ects of classes or the big-fi sh-little-pond-eff ect (Marsh, & Parker, 1984), which explains diff erences in academic self-concepts could be related to SWB of students. Big-fi sh-little-pond-eff ects are a result of academic achievement groupage which is very prominent in Germany (Köller, 2004). Additionally, teachers’ SWB
should also be investigated more deeply, because teachers’ SWB might have an in-fl uence on quality of teacher-student relationships, which, in turn, could inin-fl uence the emotional-motivational characteristics of students. In order to study such re-search questions that require consideration of variables on the class (or the school) level, multi-level models should be specifi ed to determine, for example, cross-lev-el eff ects.
After a replication of the results, also implications for educational practice are possible. Due to the importance of students’ SWB (e.g., satisfaction with school) for academic achievement, it would be thinkable to emphasize its relevance in train-ing programs for teachers or to involve it in university curricula of teacher stu-dents. Furthermore, the infl uence of mathematical competence on SWB has to be investigated more deeply to derive implications for educational practice: If, for ex-ample, self-concept would mediate the relation between mathematical competence and well-being, intervention programs might be developed in order to strengthen mathematical self-concept of students, which also may have positive infl uences on their SWB.
Acknowledgements
This paper uses data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS): Starting Cohort Grade 5, doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC3:8.0.1. From 2008 to 2013, NEPS data was collected as part of the Framework Program for the Promotion of Empirical Educational Research funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). As of 2014, NEPS is carried out by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) at the University of Bamberg in cooperation with a nationwide network.
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Appendix
Appendix A
Table A1: Means, standard deviations and skewness for the variables used in the analyses of the present study
Grade 5a Grade 7 Grade 9
Variable M (SD) Skewness M (SD) Skewness M (SD) Skewness
DA - 1.44 (4.09) 10.79 1.36 (2.52) 3.95
SH - 4.25 (0.78) -0.94 4.14 (0.80) -0.77
SL 8.89 (1.51) -3.14 8.39 (1.43)a -1.62 a 8.13 (1.66)a -1.73a SS 8.06 (2.25) -1.59 7.10 (2.31)a -1.00 a 6.94 (2.26)a -0.97a
HG - 1.77 (0.69) 0.87 1.80 (0.69) 0.68
HM - 1.68 (0.71) 0.96 1.74 (0.75) 0.85
MC 0.24 (1.14) 0.00 0.89 (1.22) -0.01 0.15 (1.20) 0.20
RC 0.24 (1.23) 0.17 0.84 (1.37) 0.20 0.10 (1.13) 0.20
Notes. n = 4180. DA = Days of absence from school, SH = Self-estimated health, SL = Satisfaction with life, SS = Satisfaction with school, HG = Helplessness German, HM = Helplessness Math, MC = Mathematical competence, RC = Reading competence. Values for MC and RC are WLEs.
an = 2902 students.
Table A2: Means, standard deviations and skewness for the variables used in the analyses of the present study separately for both sexes MaleaFemaleb Grade 5 cGrade 7Grade 9Grade 5 dGrade 7Grade 9 VariableM (SD)SkewnessM (SD)SkewnessM (SD)SkewnessM (SD)SkewnessM (SD)SkewnessM (SD)Skewness DA-1.63 (4.96)10.571.33 (2.70)4.51-1.24 (2.94)6.591.39 (2.34)3.05 SH-4.26 (0.78)-1.024.22 (0.79)-0.90-4.25 (0.77)-0.874.06 (0.79)-0.67 SL8.83 (1.54)-3.088.37 (1.48)c-1.85c8.19 (1.73)c-1.87c8.94 (1.48)-3.218.41 (1.39)d-1.33d8.08 (1.58)d-1.56d SS7.90 (2.36)-1.466.95 (2.38)c-0.94c6.88 (2.33)c-0.92c8.22 (2.12)-1.737.25 (2.23)d-1.06d7.01 (2.19)d-1.03d HG-1.86 (0.72)0.711.90 (0.73)0.56-1.68 (0.65)1.041.70 (0.64)0.77 HM-1.60 (0.69)1.071.64 (0.72)1.00-1.75 (0.71)0.871.84 (0.77)0.71 MC0.37 (1.14)1.211.06 (1.27)-0.020.29 (1.25)0.160.11 (1.12)-0.020.73 (1.14)-0.100.00 (1.12)0.17 RC0.17 (1.27)0.160.69 (1.39)0.230.01 (1.17)0.260.32 (1.19)0.210.98 (1.32)0.210.21 (1.06)0.20 Notes. DA = Days of absence from school, SH = Self-estimated health, SL = Satisfaction with life, SS = Satisfaction with school, HG = Helplessness German, HM = Help- lessness Math, MC = Mathematical competence, RC = Reading competence. Values for MC and RC are weighted likelihood estimates. an = 2109, bn = 2071, cn = 1461, dn = 1441.
Table A3: Means and standard deviations for the variables used in the analyses of the present study separately for diff erent types of school HauptschuleaRealschulebGymnasiumc Grade 5dGrade 7Grade 9Grade 5eGrade 7Grade 9Grade 5fGrade 7Grade 9 VariableM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SKM (SD)SK DA-2.93 (8.67)6.311.84 (3.21)3.77-1.58 (3.86)6.641.53 (2.92)4.42-1.01 (2.33)5.141.21 (2.23)3.51 SH-4.25 (0.85)-1.034.11 (0.80)-0.46-4.22 (0.77)-0.854.08 (0.80)-0.78-4.29 (0.77)-1.014.17 (0.79)-0.83 SL8.48 (1.89)-2.318.23 (1.68)d-1.21d8.15 (1.84)d-1.64d8.63 (1.91)-2.728.34 (1.42)e-1.428.03 (1.75)e-1.559.08 (1.15)-3.248.44 (1.38)f-1.80f8.17 (1.57)f-1.84f SS7.33 (2.84)-1.026.76 (2.64)d-0.79d7.02 (2.38)d-0.91d7.68 (2.54)-1.296.82 (2.44)e-0.906.78 (2.28)e-0.908.37 (1.91)-1.807.29 (2.16)f-1.06 f7.00 (2.22)f-1.03f HG-2.03 (0.81)0.461.89 (0.76)0.66-1.85 (0.73)0.731.83 (0.69)0.62-1.65 (0.64)1.051.73 (0.68)0.85 HM-1.96 (0.84)0.531.89 (0.84)0.73-1.78 (0.75)0.791.71 (0.72)0.81-1.58 (0.66)1.171.69 (0.73)0.91 MC-1.17 (0.91)0.19-0.64 (0.97)0.09-1.09 (0.91)0.44-0.21 (0.84)-0.000.41 (0.97)0.19-0.34 (0.93)0.290.73 (0.96)0.291.42 (1.02)0.170.67 (1.06)0.19 RC-1.11 (0.98)0.51-0.62 (1.10)0.14-1.04 (0.83)0.32-0.15 (1.04)0.370.30 (1.12)0.36-0.26 (0.90)0.380.69 (1.08)0.371.30 (1.23)0.260.55 (1.03)0.18 Notes. n = 4180. DA = Days of absence from school, SH = Self-estimated health, SL = Satisfaction with life, SS = Satisfaction with school, HG = Helplessness German, HM = Helplessness Math, MC = Mathematical competence, RC = Reading competence, SK = Skewness. Values for MC and RC are weighted likelihood estimates. an = 583, bn = 1176, cn = 2431, dn = 363, en = 789, fn = 1750.
Appendix B Table B1: Correlations between all variables included in the present study 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20. 1. DA t2 2. DA t3 .13*** 3. SH t2-.22***-.08*** 4. SH t3-.11***-.15*** .40*** 5. SL t1-.07***-.03 .16*** .13*** 6. SL t2-.11**-.08** .45*** .26*** .30*** 7. SL t3-.07**-.11*** .27*** .43*** .20*** .40*** 8. SS t1-.06**-.06** .13*** .11*** .57*** .25*** .15*** 9. SS t2-.11***-.09*** .27*** .17*** .19*** .50*** .27*** .29*** 10. SS t3-.08***-.12*** .19*** .25*** .11*** .25*** .52*** .16*** .38*** 11. HG t2 .06** .09***-.13***-.09***-.15***-.27***-.13***-.21***-.36***-.21*** 12. HG t3 .04 .06**-.08***-.06**-.08***-.14***-.12***-.16***-.22***-.26*** .37*** 13. HM t2 .10*** .08***-.12***-.08***-.13***-.21***-.15***-.17***-.32***-.22*** .34*** .13*** 14. HM t3 .05* .12***-.09***-.11***-.04-.13***-.16***-.09***-.21***-.30*** .08*** .16*** .38*** 15. MC t1-.12***-.12*** .02-.00 .06** .00 -.00 .11*** .14*** .10***-.13***-.08***-.25***-.21*** 16. MC t2-.10***-.11*** .05*** .03 .07*** .03 .02 .11*** .13*** .14***-.17***-.06***-.28***-.22*** .73*** 17. MC t3-.10***-.13*** .05** .02 .06** .01 -.00 .10*** .14*** .16***-.15***-.07***-.28***-.27*** .70*** .73*** 18. RC t1-.10***-.07***-.00-.05* .07*** -.01-.05* .11*** .13*** .07***-.23***-.17***-.16***-.07*** .62*** .56*** .55*** 19. RC t2-.09***-.09*** .03-.02 .11*** .06** .02 .11*** .19*** .14***-.27***-.16***-.19***-.11*** .54*** .61*** .57*** .61*** 20. RC t3-.07***-.08*** .01-.02 .06** .01-.02 .12*** .17*** .12***-.25***-.21***-.20***-.14*** .53*** .53*** .60*** .61*** .63*** 21. Gen- der-.04** .01-.01-.10*** .04.01**-.03 .07*** .07*** .03-.13***-.15*** .10*** .13***-.12***-.14***-.12*** .06*** .10*** .10*** Notes. DA = Days of absence from school, SH = Self-estimated health, SL = Satisfaction with life, SS = Satisfaction with school, HG = Helplessness German, HM = Help- lessness Math, MC = Mathematical competence, RC = Reading competence, t1 = measurement in grade 5, t2 = measurement in grade 7, t3 = measurement in grade 9. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.
Appendix C
In the following you can see the intraclass correlation coeffi cients (ICC) for the var-iables we used in our analyses. Sample sizes diff ered depending on the number of measurement time points used in the respective analysis. Therefore, ICCs are dis-played once for variables included in the analysis over three points of measurement (see Table C1) and once for the variables included in the analyses over two points of measurement (see Table C2). As can be seen from the tables the ICC values of the variables mathematical competence and reading comprehension are very high.
This is not a surprising fi nding because the cluster variable contains schools from diff erent types of school and those should vary highly on academic achievement.
Table C1: ICC values of variables included in the analysis over t1 to t3
t1 t2 t3
Satisfaction with life .04 .05 .03
Satisfaction with school .06 .03 .03
Mathematical competence .41 .41 .38
Reading comprehension .31 .31 .33
Table C2: ICC values of variables included in the analyses over t2 to t3
t2 t3
Days of absence from school .03 .02
Self-estimated health .03 .02
Helplessness German .07 .03
Helplessness Math .06 .05
Mathematical competence .41 .38
Reading comprehension .32 .33
Appendix D
Measurement invariance of the helplessness scale had to be tested between dif-ferent points of measurement, as well as between sexes and types of school.
Therefore, we started by testing measurement invariance between diff erent occa-sions. More precisely, we fi rst checked measurement invariance between points of measurement considering all individuals and afterwards by focusing on diff erent groups of gender and type of school (see Table D1). Subsequently, we tested mea-surement invariance between diff erent sexes and types of school for single points of measurement (see Table D2). Confi gural invariance over points of measurement was achieved through excluding items 4 (“When my teacher calls me surprising-ly in German I cannot answer even the simplest questions”) and 5 (“No matter if I try to do my homework in German, I always make many mistakes”) of the subscale helplessness German and 1 (“No matter how much I try in Math, my grades won’t get better”) and 2 (“It’s not worth practicing mathematics for a class test, I will be bad again”) of the subscale helplessness Math. Tables D1 and D2 show that – ac-cording to ΔCFI – metric invariance could be assumed for the helplessness scale.
Table D1: Examination of measurement invariance of the helplessness scale over points of measurement Modelχ2DfpCFI/TLIRMSEA/SRMRComparisonΔCFIΔχ2Δdfp(Δχ2) Overall: 1. confi gural 216.6642<.001.989/0.982.039/.025 2. metric237.8946<.001.987/0.982.039/.0272 vs. 1.00221.234<.001 3. scalar295.9052<.001.984/0.980.041/.0283 vs. 2.00362.636<.001 4. residual302.4458<.001.983/0.981.040/.0284 vs. 2.00464.2312<.001 Gender = malea: 1. confi gural 114.6842<.001.990/0.984.036/.025 2. metric129.8246<.001.989/0.984.037/.0282 vs. 1.00115.044<.01 3. scalar160.8052<.001.985/0.981.040/.0293 vs. 2.00433.876<.001 4. residual162.3158<.001.985/0.983.038/.0284 vs. 2.00432.6812<.01 Gender = femaleb: 1. confi gural 147.2742<.001.987/0.979.042/.027 2. metric155.0946<.001.986/0.980.041/.0292 vs. 1.0018.024.091 3. scalar187.6052<.001.983/0.978.042/.0313 vs. 2.00334.086<.001 4. residual193.5658<.001.982/0.979.041/.0324 vs. 2.00438.7512<.001 Type of school = “Hauptschule”c: 1. confi gural 85.7142<.001.978/0.966.056/.039 2. metric92.9346<.001.977/0.967.055/.0412 vs. 1.0017.054.134 3. scalar108.8752<.001.973/0.965.057/.0473 vs. 2.00416.526<.05 4. residual118.1558<.001.969/0.965.057/.0464 vs. 2.00825.0912<.05 Type of school = “Realschule”d: 1. confi gural 105.2142<.001.985/0.977.044/.029 2. metric111.6046<.001.985/0.978.043/.0302 vs. 1.0006.594.159 3. scalar127.4052<.001.983/0.978.043/.0303 vs. 2.00216.016<.05 4. residual144.9658<.001.979/0.976.045/.0314 vs. 2.00632.8312<.01 Type of school = “Gymnasium”e: 1. confi gural 134.4542<.001.990/0.984.036/.025 2. metric156.6146<.001.988/0.982.038/.0292 vs. 1.00221.764<.001 3. scalar258.2852<.001.978/0.972.048/.0383 vs. 2.010113.146<.001 4. residual263.6558<.001.976/0.973.047/.0394 vs. 2.01297.6912<.001 Notes. N = 4180. χ2 = Chi-Square, df = degrees of freedom. CFI = Comparative Fit Index. TLI = Tucker-Lewis index. RMSEA = Root mean square error of approximation. SRMR = Standardized root mean square residual. p(Δχ2)-values are calculated based on the Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-square diff erence test (Satorra & Bentler, 1994). an = 2109, bn = 2071, cn = 583, dn = 1166, en = 2431.
Table D2: Examination of measurement invariance of the helplessness scale over gender and types of school on single occasions Modelχ2DfpCFI/TLIRMSEA/SRMRComparisonΔCFIΔχ2Δdfp(Δχ2) Over gender on t2: 1. confi gural 121.0116<.001.985/0.971.070/.030 2. metric134.7620<.001.984/0.976.064/.0322 vs. 1.0018.194.085 3. scalar277.8626<.001.967/0.962.081/.0593 vs. 2.017171.496<.001 4. residual286.9532<.001.963/0.965.077/.0604 vs. 2.021147.2112<.001 Over gender on t3: 1. confi gural 68.5916<.001.993/0.987.048/.023 2. metric76.0420<.001.993/0.989.044/.0262 vs. 1.0007.484.112 3. scalar224.5326<.001.975/0.971.071/.0643 vs. 2.018172.346<.001 4. residual229.7932<.001.972/0.974.068/.0654 vs. 2.021143.0712<.001 Over types of school on t2: 1. confi gural 111.1624<.001.987/0.976.063/.029 2. metric127.4532<.001.986/0.981.056/.0312 vs. 1.00113.468.097 3. scalar289.9544<.001.968/0.967.074/.0743 vs. 2.018200.5912<.001 4. residual383.4256<.001.952/0.962.080/.0774 vs. 2.034251.4724<.001 Over types of school on t3: 1. confi gural 73.2624<.001.993/0.988.047/.023 2. metric87.5132<.001.993/0.990.043/.0272 vs. 1.00013.598.093 3. scalar161.5744<.001.986/0.985.051/.0403 vs. 2.00782.9512<.001 4. residual175.9756<.001.983/0.986.049/.0444 vs. 2.01078.4524<.001 Notes. N = 4180. χ2 = Chi-Square, df = degrees of freedom. CFI = Comparative Fit Index. TLI = Tucker-Lewis index. RMSEA = Root mean square error of approximation. SRMR = Standardized root mean square residual. p(Δχ2)-values are calculated based on the Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-square diff erence test (Satorra & Bentler, 1994).
Similar to the procedure described above, measurement invariance of the satisfac-tion scale had to be tested between diff erent points of measurement, as well as between sexes and types of school. Therefore, we started by testing measurement invariance between diff erent occasions. More precisely, we fi rst checked measure-ment invariance between points of measuremeasure-ment considering all individuals and
Similar to the procedure described above, measurement invariance of the satisfac-tion scale had to be tested between diff erent points of measurement, as well as between sexes and types of school. Therefore, we started by testing measurement invariance between diff erent occasions. More precisely, we fi rst checked measure-ment invariance between points of measuremeasure-ment considering all individuals and