The relationship between social/emotional competence and quality of life at school: the mediating role of academic participation

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Lorestan University
Abstract
The aim of the current research was to investigate the relationship between social/emotional competence and quality of life in school students with the mediation of academic participation in elementary school female students in Khorram Abad city. In terms of goal, the research is part of applied research, and in terms of method, it is a type of correlational studies. The statistical population of the present study includes all the female students of the elementary level of Khorram Abad city in the year 1402-403 in the number of 1900 people, of which 435 people were selected using cluster random sampling method. became Data were collected using Social/Emotional Competence Questionnaire (SECQ), Zhu and Ji (2012), Rio's academic participation (2013) and Anderson and Burke's (2000) quality of life at school. and were analyzed using the method of structural equations. The results of structural equation modeling analysis showed that social/emotional competence has a direct and significant role on students' quality of life in school (p<0.001). Also, social/emotional competence has a significant effect on students' quality of life in school indirectly through academic participation (p<0.001). Therefore, the results of the research show that academic participation can play a mediating role in the relationship between social/emotional competence and quality of life in school.
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