Secondary school students attachment to school and life satisfaction levels effects on their academic motivation

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of secondary school students' level of school attachment and life satisfaction on their academic motivation skills. In recent years, many studies have been conducted on secondary schools students but there were no studies have been conducted with adolescents and these variables. Additionally, it will also be examined whether the variables of school attachment, life satisfaction and academic motivation skills differ depending on adolescents' demographic characteristics. The study group of the study consists of 411 adolescents between the ages of 10-13. 230 of the individuals included in the study are girls and 181 of them are boys. The data of the research were obtained by using the Personal Information Form, School Attachment Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Academic Motivation Scale. SPSS 22.0 program was used for data analysis. While analyzing the data, Independent Sample T-Test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis were used. According to the results of the study, the total score of academic motivation differs depending on gender, participation in extracurricular activities, physical conditions of the school, friendships relations, age, economic status, grade range, teacher relations and class level variables. When the relationship between school attachment, life satisfaction and academic motivation variables was examined, positive and significant relationships were found between them. When looking at the predictive power of school attachment and life satisfaction variables on academic motivation skills, the established regression model was found to be statistically significant. At the same time, the variables of school attachment and life satisfaction positively affected the academic motivation variable. In addition these, 65% of the change in academic motivation is explained by the variables of school attachment and life satisfaction. Key Words: School Attachment, Life Satisfaction, Academic Motivation, Adolescence