There are many factors that influence the well-being, prosocial conduct, empathy, connection with nature, life satisfaction, pro-environmental attitudes and actions, awareness and emotional regulation of elemen-tary school students. This paper presents an initial analysis of an instrument designed to investigate a child's overall well-being through these factors, all of which relate to a positive relationship with self, others and school. The questionnaire was constructed by selecting items from already validated scales for the analysis of each of the above variables. The study was conducted in 14 primary schools in Lazio (N=433) with outdoor education experience, in order to investigate the possible influence of this specific educa-tional practice on well-being. The results of the exploratory factor analysis have shown that we can hy-pothesize with a very good degree of confidence a construct of child well-being consisting of four dimensions: Caring For Others, Feeling Good About Yourself, Enjoyment Of Nature and Handling Emo-tions. Finally, ANOVA analyses have been conducted showing significant differences between males and females in the first three dimensions while no significant differences were found in relation to the expe-rience of outdoor education teaching practices.
Sono molti i fattori che influenzano il benessere, la condotta prosociale, l'empatia, il legame con la natura, la soddisfazione di vita, gli atteggiamenti e le azioni a favore dell'ambiente, la consapevolezza e la regola-zione emotiva degli studenti delle scuole elementari. In questo studio presentiamo una prima analisi di uno strumento mirato ad indagare il benessere complessivo del bambino attraverso questi fattori, tutti con-nessi a una relazione positiva con se stessi, gli altri e la scuola. Il questionario è stato costruito selezionando gli item da scale già validate per l’analisi di ciascuna delle precedenti variabili. Lo studio è stato effettuato su 14 scuole primarie del Lazio (N=433) con esperienza di outdoor education, al fine di indagare l’eventuale influenza di questa specifica pratica educativa sul benessere. I risultati dell’analisi fattoriale esplorativa hanno mostrato che possiamo ipotizzare con un buon grado di fiducia un costrutto di benessere del bam-bino composto da quattro dimensioni: Attenzione verso l’altro, Stare bene con se stessi, Connessione con la natura e Gestione delle emozioni. Infine, sono state condotte delle analisi ANOVA che evidenziano dif-ferenze significative fra maschi e femmine nelle prime tre dimensioni mentre non risultano differenze si-gnificative in relazione all’esperienza di pratiche didattiche di outdoor education.
Investigating Psychological Well-being of Primary School Students: Instrument Characteristics and Preliminary Results
Emanuela Botta;
2023-01-01
Abstract
There are many factors that influence the well-being, prosocial conduct, empathy, connection with nature, life satisfaction, pro-environmental attitudes and actions, awareness and emotional regulation of elemen-tary school students. This paper presents an initial analysis of an instrument designed to investigate a child's overall well-being through these factors, all of which relate to a positive relationship with self, others and school. The questionnaire was constructed by selecting items from already validated scales for the analysis of each of the above variables. The study was conducted in 14 primary schools in Lazio (N=433) with outdoor education experience, in order to investigate the possible influence of this specific educa-tional practice on well-being. The results of the exploratory factor analysis have shown that we can hy-pothesize with a very good degree of confidence a construct of child well-being consisting of four dimensions: Caring For Others, Feeling Good About Yourself, Enjoyment Of Nature and Handling Emo-tions. Finally, ANOVA analyses have been conducted showing significant differences between males and females in the first three dimensions while no significant differences were found in relation to the expe-rience of outdoor education teaching practices.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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