The Impact of Instructional Leadership on Students' School Well-Being: A Multilevel Mediation Model

• In Event: Instructional Leadership and Its Impact on Students, Teachers, and Schools

Abstract

Empirical studies increasingly show that principal leadership has direct and indirect influence on student academic achievement. However, few studies have explored the impact of instructional leadership on students’ school well-being due to various constraints. Using survey data collected from 190 teachers and 5265 students in 53 middle schools in Henan of China, this study revealed principal instructional leadership had direct and indirect effects on students’ school well-being, and teacher self-efficacy and teacher-student relationship played serial mediated roles. This study provides new evidence of the impact of instructional leadership on student wellbeing, and suggests a mediated path of the impact through teachers.

Authors

• Jiani Rong, East China Normal University

• Shuangye Chen