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This finding aligns with previous studies, indicating a positive relationship between teacher support and adolescents’ school adaptation 15, 38, 40. Consequently, this study employed a single-level structural equation modeling rather than a multi-level SEM to examine the relationships between teacher support and school adaptation among Chinese urban adolescents. Secondly, the bootstrapping approach was adopted to assess the mediation effect of resilience between teacher support and school adaptation and the times is 1000 73. Finally, considering students’ left-behind status was a binary variable, the multi-group SEM was conducted to determine whether the left-behind status moderates the direct relationship between teacher support and school adaptation. The objective of this study is to examine the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between teacher support and school adaptation among urban adolescents, while also assessing the moderating effect of left-behind status on the direct influence of teacher support.

Learning Outcome

Conversely, when teachers fail to display attentiveness, comprehension, and support, students may feel disregarded or devalued, which can impede the accounting equation may be expressed as the cultivation of their resilience, ultimately negatively impacting their school adaptation 78. Hence, the establishment of a teacher-support-rich milieu is imperative for the well-being of urban adolescents. Breaking down the mediation effect, resilience mediated 2.64% of the relationship between teacher academic support and school adaptation, 2.64% between teacher emotional support and school adaptation, and 3.08% between teacher relationship support and school adaptation. Despite the significance of these mediation effects, the direct effects of teacher support on school adaptation were substantially stronger.

Assets

In line with the study’s objectives, this study selected parent and student questionnaires from the CEPS (2013–2014) and CEPS (2014–2015) datasets for a matched analysis. The key variables examined included teacher academic support, teacher emotional support, teacher relationship support, resilience, school adaptation, and left-behind status. To investigate these relationships, we employed structural equation modeling to explore how resilience mediates the impact of teacher support on school adaptation among urban adolescents. Additionally, we examined whether left-behind status moderates this mediation process. The third research question concerned on the moderating effect of the left-behind status on the relationship between teacher support and urban adolescents’ school adaptation.

Data availability

To further illustrate the analysis of transactions and their effects on the basic accounting equation, we will analyze the activities of Metro Courier, Inc., a fictitious corporation. This equation sets the foundation of double-entry accounting, also known as double-entry bookkeeping, and highlights the structure of the balance sheet. Double-entry accounting is a system where every transaction affects at least two accounts. Since each transaction affecting a business entity must be recorded in the accounting records based on a detailed account (remember, file folders and the chart of accounts from the previous section), analyzing a transaction before actually recording it is an important part of financial accounting.

• Moreover, studies on the link between resilience and school adaptation consistently show that resilience significantly improves adolescents’ ability to adapt to school environments 58, 59.
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• The key variables examined included teacher academic support, teacher emotional support, teacher relationship support, resilience, school adaptation, and left-behind status.
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This invariance across models supports the robustness of the measurement constructs in both groups, thus validating the comparative analysis of how teacher support influences school adaptation among adolescents with different left-behind statuses 76. To ensure that the measurement instruments used in this study are consistent and comparable across the two groups, this study conducted a series of measurement invariance tests between urban left-behind and non-left-behind adolescents, and presented in Table 5. This analysis was essential to confirm whether the constructs of teacher support and school adaptation are measured equivalently in both groups, allowing for valid comparisons. Teacher Relationship Support is determined based on responses to items B7, B8, and B10 from the CEPS parent questionnaire, assessing teachers’ responsibility, patience, and the child’s affinity towards their homeroom teacher. These items utilize 4-point and 5-point Likert scales, with higher scores reflecting stronger relationship support from teachers. Since teacher relationship support is measured by three items, resulting in zero degrees of freedom, the chi-square statistic cannot be calculated, and there are no corresponding fit indices 66.

• A study indicated that urban adolescents may have more intense educational competition and higher expectations from families and teachers, may perceive teacher care as a stringent requirement, adding psychological pressure 43.
• To ensure the reliability of the items measuring teacher relationship support, we examined Cronbach’s α, which was found to be 0.798, indicating good internal consistency.
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• Previous research has primarily focused on Chinese rural and mobile adolescents, exploring the impact of factors such as teacher support, resilience, and left-behind status on their academic achievement.
• This survey, established in 2013, is a nationally representative, longitudinal study designed to investigate the multifaceted impacts of family, school, and societal environments on the developmental trajectories of Chinese adolescents.

Specifically, the mean differences were substantial, suggesting that left-behind students receive less support and have lower resilience and school adaptation outcomes. Furthermore, when examining the control variables, significant differences were observed between the two groups, with the exception of gender and mother’s occupation. Notably, left-behind adolescents scored lower in critical areas such as health, family socioeconomic status, and father’s educational level, which underscores the challenges they face relative to their non-left-behind peers. These findings suggest that left-behind adolescents are at a considerable disadvantage not only in terms of teacher support and school adaptation but also in their overall family environment, which may further exacerbate their difficulties in adapting to the school environment.