Shui?fong Lam|Shane R. Jimerson|Hyeonsook Shin|Carmel Cefai|Feliciano Henriques Veiga|Chryse Hatzichristou|Fotini Polychroni|Eve Kikas|Bernard P. Wong|Elena St?nculescu|Julie Basnett|Robert Duck|Peter Farrell|Yi Liu|Valeria Negovan|Brett R. Nelson|Haitao Yang|Josef Zollneritsch
Cultural universality and specificity of student engagement in school: The results of an international study from 12 countries
University of Hong Kong|University of California, Santa Barbara|Gwangju National University of Education|Chonnam National University|University of Malta|Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa|University of Lisbon|National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Tartu|Tallinn University|Hong Kong Shue Yan University|University of Bucharest|St Helens Hospital|Laurentian University|University of Manchester|Yunnan Provincial Department of Education|University of Bucharest|California State University, San Bernardino|Zhejiang University
comprehensive understanding contextual factors linked student engagement requires research includes crosscultural perspectivesthis study investigated student engagement school associated grade gender contextual factors across 12 countries also investigated whether associations vary across countries different levels individualism socioeconomic developmentthe participants 3420 7th 8th 9th grade students austria canada china cyprus estonia greece malta portugal romania south korea united kingdom united statesthe participants completed questionnaire report engagement school instructional practices experienced support received teachers peers parents hierarchical linear modelling used examine effects student country levelsthe results across countries revealed decline student engagement grade 7 grade 9 girls reporting higher engagement boys trends vary across 12 countries according human development index hofstedes individualism index contextual factors instructional practices teacher support parent support positively associated student engagement exception parent support stronger association student engagement countries higher collectivism associations contextual factors student engagement vary across countriesthe results indicate cultural universality specificity regarding contextual factors associated student engagement school illustrate advantages integrating etic emic approaches crosscultural investigations