The effect of family and school environment on school bonding mediated by the role of self-compassion of junior high school students

Subject Areas : Educational

Aliraza Merati ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran-Iran.)
ezatolah ghadampour ² (Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran)
hasanali veyskarami ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.)

Received: 2021-09-24 Accepted : 2021-10-25 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Family, school bonding, Students, school climate,

Abstract :

In today's world of knowledge and information, the relationship between the student and the school as the most important institution involved in education, has received much attention. Many variables are involved in this relationship and have affect it. In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigate the effect of family and homosexuality on the relationship with the school bonding mediation by the role of self-compassion.The statistical population of the study was all 3600 first grade high school students in Kangavar in the academic year 1300-1400. For this purpose, 520 students have been selected by cluster sampling method and electronically completed the questionnaires related to school bonding Rezaei Sharif et al., school climate Lee et al, family climate Hill burn, self-compassion Neff. After collecting data, structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model and hypotheses. The results showed that school climate and family climate have a significant and positive relationship with self-compassion and  school bonding. The climatr of the family and the climate of the school also influence the school bonding through self-compassion.  Findings show that considering the variables of family climate, school climate and self-compassion, an increase in school bonding was expected in students.

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