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Plank, Stephen B.; Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Young, Hollie – American Journal of Education, 2009
This article considers school climate and perceptions of social disorder. When a school is characterized by disorder or physical risk, basic educational goals and processes are jeopardized. We use survey data from 33 public schools serving grades 6-8 in a large mid-Atlantic city to examine relationships among physical disorder (e.g., broken…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Public Schools, School Surveys, Urban Schools
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Frydenberg, Erica; Care, Esther; Freeman, Elizabeth; Chan, Esther – Australian Journal of Education, 2009
This study examined the interrelationships between coping styles, emotional wellbeing, and school connectedness using path analysis. A total of 536 Year 8 students (241 boys and 295 girls) responded to an in-class survey and the "Adolescent Coping Scale" (Frydenberg & Lewis, 1993a) as part of a larger study. Productive coping style…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Coping, Path Analysis, Well Being
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Borelli, Jessica L.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
This study examined reciprocal associations among adolescents' negative feedback-seeking, depressive symptoms, perceptions of friendship quality, and peer-reported social preference over an 11-month period. A total of 478 adolescents in grades 6-8 completed measures of negative feedback-seeking, depressive symptoms, friendship quality,…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Feedback, Depression (Psychology), Peer Relationship