Abstract
This article aims to analyze the attachment level of students to the school environment. Therefore, it adopted the perspective of the person-environment relationship that seeks to contribute to the institutional aspect of educational psychology. Participants were 200 high school students with an average age of 15.15 (SD = 0.98), equally distributed between public and private schools in a northeastern capital. They answered to Attachment Place Scale to place in attachment to sociodemographic questions. The analyzes indicated that the level of addiction to school has been achieved in relation to the expected, showing a significant difference in the level of attachment to place depending on the type of education system (t (191) = -2.205; p≤0,03) , especially the private school (M = 3.36, SD = 0.603). Based on these results, it was possible to discuss the need to develop focused strategies to promote identity with the school, the school as a community perception and positive attitudes to school.
Keywords:
Attachment behavior; school environment; students