ERIC Number: ED657556
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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Inventory of School Supports--Youth Report (ISS-YR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Students
Jake C. Steggerda; Timothy A. Cavell; Alison L. Drew; Juliann H. Nicholson; Carla Herrera; Debby Gaffney; Amy M. Smith Slep; Renee Spencer
Grantee Submission, School Mental Health v16 n1 p225-238 2024
This study describes the development of a 12-item inventory of school supports for military-connected (MC) children. Participants were 444 students (grades 3 or 5) with an active-duty military parent (48% female; 57.3% White, 10.7% Black, 6.2% Native American, 5% Asian, 3.3% Pacific Islander, 17.5% bi/multiracial; 19% Latinx). Youth completed the Inventory of School Supports--Youth Report (ISS-YR) and measures of academic efficacy, parental involvement in school, school connectedness, and whether they had a non-parental supportive adult in their life. Parents reported on parent-teacher relationship quality. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-factor model (functional and relational support). Results psychometrically supported the ISS-YR. Scores demonstrated adequate internal consistency reliability. Results also supported the measure's convergent and criterion validity as evidenced by positive associations with school connectedness, academic efficacy, parental school involvement, and parent-teacher relationship quality. Youth with a supportive adult in their life at and outside of school had the highest ISS-YR scores. Implications of these findings for schools' efforts to support MC students are discussed.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5, Armed Forces, Family (Sociological Unit), Military Personnel, Parents, Student Attitudes, School Culture, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Pupil Personnel Services, Parent Attitudes, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Educational Experience, Student Experience, Test Construction
Related Records: EJ1418405
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A180142