Students engagement is a very important variable to support students' academic achievement and success. Previous studies showed the students who disengage will show a lazy behavior and will mislead them to dismiss their classes and even lead them to stop getting to school. This study aims to provide understanding to all professionals around students about the importance of encouraging student motivation that will affect the level of student involvement in school. This research is a quantitative study with data collection techniques of student involvement measured by the school engagement index, social support is measured using a scale of child and social support social support (CASS), and achievement motivation is measured by the Achievement Motive Scale. Data were analyzed by using the path analysis method. Data were analyzed using path analysis. The research subjects were 120 students of class XII State Senior High School 3 Palopo selected based on proportional sampling technique. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation among social support, achievement motivation, and students engagement. While achievement achievement motivation cannot be functioned as the mediator on the relationship of social support and student engagement.
ABSTRAKKeterlibatan siswa di sekolah merupakan variabel yang sangat penting untuk meningkatkan prestasi dan kesuksesan belajar siswa. Penelitian sebelumnya menunjukkan siswa yang tidak terlibat aktif akan menunjukkan perilaku malas yang akan menyebabkan kasus putus sekolah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman kepada seluruh profesional disekitar siswa tentang pentingnya mendorong motivasi siswa yang akan mempengaruhi tingkat keterlibatan siswa di sekolah. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data keterlibatan siswa diukur dengan the school engagement index, dukungan sosial diukur menggunakan skala child and adolescents social support (CASS), dan motivasi berprestasi diukur denganthe Achievement Motive Scale. Data dianalisa dengan menggunakan analisis jalur. Subjek penelitian yakni 120 orang siswa siswa kelas XII Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 3 Palopo dipilih berdasarkan teknik proportional sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan antara dukungan sosial, motivasi berprestasi dan keterlibatan siswa di sekolah. Sedangkan motivasi berprestasi tidak menjadi mediasi pada hubungan tersebut.