Academic achievement is more closely associated with student-peer relationships than with student-parent relationships or student-teacher relationships

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Min Shao¹  Haitao Wang¹  Haoyue Zheng¹  Xiaodan Yu¹  Xin Zhen¹  Xufei Wang²  Xinlin Zhou² 

[1] Department of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China;State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Siegler Center for Innovative Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;

关键词: personal relationships;    student-parent relationships;    student-teacher relationships;    student-peer relationships;    academic achievement;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1012701

 received in 2022-08-05, accepted in 2023-01-30,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionPersonal relationships have long been a concern in education. Most studies indicate that good personal relationships are generally positively correlated with academic performance. However, few studies have compared how different types of personal relationships correlate with academic performance, and the conclusions of existing studies are inconsistent. Based on a large sample, the current study compared how the three closest types of personal relationships among students (with parents, teachers, and their peers) compared with their academic performance.MethodsCluster sampling was used to issue questionnaires to students in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China in 2018 (Study 1) and in 2019 (Study 2). The actual sample size included 28168 students in Study 1 and 29869 students in Study 2 (both studies, Grades 4 and 8), thus totaling 58037 students. All students completed a personal relationship questionnaire and several academic tests.ResultsThe results showed that: (1) the quality of personal relationships significantly and positively correlated with academic performance; (2) Among the three types of relationships tested, the quality of student-peer relationships was the most closely associated with academic achievement.DiscussionThis study gives insights into future research directions in this field and also reminds educators to pay attention to the personal relationships among their students, especially peer relationships.

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