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ERIC Number: ED616531
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 40
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Longitudinal Associations Linking Elementary and Middle School Contexts with Student Aggression in Early Adolescence
Sanders, Michael T.; Bierman, Karen L.; Heinrichs, Brenda S.
Grantee Submission
Growing up in poverty increases youth risk for developing aggressive behavior problems which, in turn, are associated with a host of problematic outcomes, including school drop-out, substance use, mental health problems, and delinquency. In part, this may be due to exposure to adverse school contexts that create socialization influences supporting aggression. In the current study, 356 children from low-income families (58% White, 17% Latinx, 25% Black; 54% girls) were followed from preschool through seventh grade. Longitudinal data included measures of the school-level contexts experienced by study participants during their elementary and middle school years, including school levels of poverty (percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch) and academic achievement (percentage of students scoring below the basic proficiency level on state achievement tests). Regression analyses suggested little impact of these school-level contexts on teacher or parent ratings of aggression in fifth grade, controlling for child baseline aggression and demographics. In contrast, school-level contexts had significant effects on child aggression in seventh grade with unique contributions by school-level achievement, controlling for child fifth grade aggression and elementary school contexts along with baseline covariates. These effects were robust across teacher and parent ratings. Findings are discussed in terms of understanding the school-based socialization of aggressive behavior and implications for educational policy and prevention programming. [This paper was published in "Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology" v48 n12 p1569-1580 2020.]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: HD046064; R305B090007