TY - JOUR A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Herke, Max G. A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Perceived class climate and school-aged children’s life satisfaction: The role of the learning environment in classrooms T2 - PLoS ONE N2 - The aim of this study is to examine the impact of class-level class climate on school-aged children’s life satisfaction. Data was derived from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) using sixth grade school-aged children (n = 4,764, 483 classes). Class climate includes indicators of teachers' care and monitoring, demands, interaction, autonomy, as well as school-aged children's attitudes towards schoolwork at the class- and individual-level. Results showed that individual perceived class climate in terms of teachers' care and monitoring and autonomy was positively related to life satisfaction, whereas school-related demands were related to lower life satisfaction. Besides teachers' care and monitoring at class-level, indicators of class climate were not associated with school-aged children’s life satisfaction, while the individual perceived class climate is more important for life satisfaction. Y1 - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2473 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-24735 ER -