Influence of School Selection Factors under Different Family Backgrounds Through Social Interpersonal Relationships of Chinese Secondary Vocational Students

Cheng Zhe  Guo; Wen Chuan  Wu

doi:10.14456/jsasr.2022.46

Authors

Cheng Zhe Guo Krirk University, Bangkok, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0800-3148
Wen Chuan Wu Krirk University, Bangkok, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1109-4474

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/jsasr.2022.46

Keywords:

Influence of School Selection Factors; , Different Family Backgrounds; , Social Interpersonal Relationships; , Chinese Secondary Vocational Students

Abstract

The survival of secondary vocational schools completely relies on their own strength to recruit students, so that more students choose the school, so that the school can better survive. the ensuing problem is that to develop vocational education, secondary vocational education is an indispensable link, and to develop secondary vocational schools, we need to solve the problem of enrollment in secondary vocational schools, attract more students, and let more students choose secondary vocational schools. Thus, this paper analyzes the influence of school selection factors under different family backgrounds through social interpersonal relationships of Chinese secondary vocational students in China's YC area. Mediating role of social interpersonal relationship factors between family background and school factors. The subjects of the study were 691 first-year freshmen from a private secondary vocational school in the YC area of China. A questionnaire was administered to the research subjects using a mature questionnaire instrument. A five-point Likert scale was used for scoring, and a structural equation model was used to construct a measurement model. The results confirmed that different family backgrounds have a significant impact on school factors; social and interpersonal factors play a complete mediating role between family background and school factors. The research results show that different family backgrounds have an impact on the choice of school factors when choosing school. With social and interpersonal factors, the choice of school choice factors will be clearer and have a certain guiding effect. Therefore, when a secondary vocational school attracts students to study, it is necessary not only to have a thorough understanding of different family backgrounds but also to get in touch with people in social and interpersonal relationships, that is, professional educators, parents, and relatives of the students hoping that they can have a favorable situation for the secondary vocational school of a guide.

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