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The emotional engagement dimension reflects both the positive and negative reactions to teachers' instructions, classmates and school, perceptions of school belonging, and beliefs about the value of schooling.

The distribution of the sample and descriptive statistics for each engagement dimension and academic results for the groups are shown in Table 2. Mean differences were tested taking into account gender (T-test) and degree (ANOVA).

This paper aims to provide a better understanding of public opinions regarding nuclear energy by examining its risk perception, trust and public engagement dimensions.

Considering the theoretical definition of student engagement, supported by moderate correlations between factors, a second-order factor model, with student engagement reflecting on emotional, cognitive and behavioural engagement dimensions was also tested by CFA as described above.

Table 2 Standardized factor loadings for the retained 15 items with CVR > 0 and λ > .5, AVE, CR and CVR for each of the 3 engagement dimensions (Test sample n = 313).

This second order construct, constituted by 15 items with an average CVR of.39, explained 62%% of variability of the 3 first order engagement dimensions with strong reliability (CR = .83) and good overall goodness-of-fit to the items' variance-covariance data (χ2/df = 2.78; CFI = .978; TLI = .974; RMSEA = .054).054

The multigroup analysis comparing the tri-factor engagement dimensions in the test sample (n = 313) and in a new, independent, validity sample (n = 296) with similar socio-demographic characteristics revealed both weak (equal factor weights: Δχ2(15) = 13.9; p = .588), strong (equal intercepts: Δχ2(15) = 18.3; p = .247) and structural (equal covariances: Δχ2(3) = 3.7; p = .296) invariance.

In the case of SR, any engagement dimensions have a predictive value.

The GPA seems to be the variable most associated with engagement dimensions (r = 0.221; p < 0.01).

On the other hand, Bresó and Gracia [ 32] also observed that engagement dimensions related to academic effectiveness.

The main analysis was guided towards a search for the correlations between engagement dimensions (vigour, dedication and absorption) and academic achievement (SR, PR and GPA).