Mediating Role of School Attachment on the Relationship Between Shyness and Academic Motivation in Adolescents

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate mediation role of school attachment in relationship between shyness and academic motivation. Participant were 231 middle school students [121 (%52.4) girl, 110 (%47.6) boy]. Data were collected with “Shyness Scale”, “School Attachment Scale for Children and Adolescent”, and “Academic Motivation Scale”. The mediation role of school attachment was tested using the twostep structural equation analysis and bootstrapping procedure. The results showed that school attachment partially mediated the relationship between shyness and academic motivation (χ2/sd=1.44, CFI=.97, IFI=.97, GFI=.95, AGFI=.92, RMSEA=.05, and SRMR=.059). According to results of bootstrapping procedure the indirect role involving forgiveness as the predictor was statistically significant (bootstrap= -.084, %95G.A.= -.193, -.011). The implications, limitations were discussed, and suggestions were presented in the light of the research findings.