Feeling connected: The roles of student-teacher relationships and sense of school belonging on future orientation

The present study examined whether and the extent to which student-teacher relationships (STRs) and sense of school belonging (SSB) fostered students' educational and career expectations. Data were obtained from 15-year-old Hong Kong students (N = 3, 238) who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) project in 2003. Findings from regression analyses indicated that although STRs and SSB both promoted educational expectations, only the latter predicted higher career expectations. Analyses of a multiple mediator model revealed mediating effects of SSB and educational expectations on the association between STRs and career expectations.