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Examining The Relationship Between Affective School Engagement And Behavioral School Engagement Among Black High School Students: Do Black Racial Identity Attitudes Make A Difference?, Amy Cynthia Nelson Christensen
Examining The Relationship Between Affective School Engagement And Behavioral School Engagement Among Black High School Students: Do Black Racial Identity Attitudes Make A Difference?, Amy Cynthia Nelson Christensen
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The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to examine whether affective school engagement predicted behavioral school engagement among Black high school students and 2) to examine whether Black racial identity attitudes moderated the relationship between affective engagement and behavioral engagement. School connectedness and perceived school support were used as indicators of affective school engagement, and school attendance was used as an indicator for behavioral engagement. A total of 272 students in grades 9-12 were recruited for this study, and 105 of these students self-reported as Black, Biracial, or Multiracial. The results of regression analyses showed that school connectedness and …