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Simons-Morton, Bruce; Rusan, Chen, – Youth & Society, 2009
Students who are not motivated and do not try to do well are unlikely to achieve consistent with their abilities. This research assesses the relationships over time between school engagement and parenting practices and peer affiliation among sixth to ninth graders using latent growth models. Participants included 2,453 students recruited from…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Parent Participation, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
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Wang, Ming-Te – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
The present study used an ecological framework to examine the relationships among adolescents' perceptions of school climate, social competence, and behavioral and psychological adjustment in the middle school years. This study improved upon prior studies by using "structural equation modeling" to investigate the hypothesized mediating…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents, Error of Measurement