Analyzing Profiles of Students' Social-Ecological Engagement

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Abstract

Drawing from a nationally representative sample of 12,760 students attending public High Schools in the United States, this study used Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to analyze profiles of students’ social-ecological engagement. This social-ecological view depicts student engagement as the intersection between students’ activity engagement at home, school, and the community and the cognitive and affective dispositions they hold told schools and schooling. Guided by this conceptualization, results from this study supported 42 “global” profiles of student engagement—none of which exceeded 10% of the student population. These unique profile findings highlight needs for tailored intervention planning as well as more nuanced policy development.

Author

• Michael A. Lawson, University of Alabama