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Kelly Jones; Landon Clark; Randal Wilson; Mardis Dunham – Educational Research Quarterly, 2018
This study was designed to investigate the influence of poverty and parent marital status on eighth grade student achievement as measured by the EXPLORE, a precursor to the ACT. The sample included 520 eighth grade students at a middle school in West Kentucky--parent marital status, free/reduced lunch status, and EXPLORE test scores were obtained…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Structure, Marital Status, Correlation
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Mim, Shamnaz Arifin – Gender and Education, 2022
Despite the existing gender stereotypes associated with science and masculinity, there are some female teachers in secondary co-educational schools in Bangladesh who are contesting this normative discourse by taking up a profession in the science field. This research is an attempt to make visible lived gendered experiences of female science…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Masculinity, Women Faculty, Females
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Oudekerk, Barbara A.; Allen, Joseph P.; Hafen, Christopher A.; Hessel, Elenda T.; Szwedo, David E.; Spilker, Ann – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Maternal and paternal psychological control, peer attitudes, and the interaction of psychological control and peer attitudes at age 13 were examined as predictors of risky sexual behavior before age 16 in a community sample of 181 youth followed from age 13 to 16. Maternal psychological control moderated the link between peer attitudes and sexual…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fathers, Predictor Variables, Correlation
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Moore, Page Malmsjo; Huebner, E. Scott; Hills, Kimberly J. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study examined the nature and prevalence of electronic bullying and victimization in a sample of middle school students in a southeastern USA school. Relationships among measures of electronic bullying and victimization and global and domain-specific life satisfaction were also investigated. A total of 855 7th and 8th grade US students…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Marital Status, Bullying, Life Satisfaction
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Staff, Jeremy; Harris, Angel; Sabates, Ricardo; Briddell, Laine – Social Forces, 2010
Many youth in the United States lack clear occupational aspirations. This uncertainty in achievement ambitions may benefit socio-economic attainment if it signifies "role exploration," characterized by career development, continued education and enduring partnerships. By contrast, uncertainty may diminish attainment if it instead leads…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Career Development, Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Parents' use of physical discipline has generated controversy related to concerns that its use is associated with adjustment problems such as aggression and delinquency in children. However, recent evidence suggests that there are ethnic differences in associations between physical discipline and children's adjustment. This study…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Marital Status