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Reciprocal Relationships between Perceived Supportive School Climate and Self-Reported Truancy: A Longitudinal Study from Grade 6 to Grade 9
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Virtanen, Tuomo; Pelkonen, Jenni; Kiuru, Noona – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This longitudinal study of 1,066 Finnish students examined bidirectional reciprocal relationships between changes in perceived supportive school climate and changes in self-reported truancy from the last year of primary school (Grade 6) to the last year of lower secondary school (Grade 9). The results of the random intercept cross-lagged panel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Truancy, Correlation
Adolescents' Domain-Specific Self-Concepts of Ability Predict Their Domain-Specific Causal Attributions: A Longitudinal Study
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Clem, Anna-Leena; Aunola, Kaisa; Hirvonen, Riika; Määttä, Sami; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Kiuru, Noona – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2018
This study investigated longitudinal associations between mathematics- and literacy-related causal attributions and self-concepts of ability among Finnish adolescents (N = 237). Questionnaires were administered to adolescents in Grades 7 and 9 to obtain information on their causal attributions and self-concepts of ability. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Attribution Theory, Longitudinal Studies
How Do Efforts to Enhance Career Preparation Affect Peer Groups?
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Kiuru, Noona; Koivisto, Petri; Mutanen, Pertti; Vuori, Jukka; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
The present study investigated how efforts to enhance career preparation affect peer groups. The participants were 710 9th graders who were randomized into control and intervention groups and assessed 3 times during 1 academic year: at baseline (T1, Fall), immediately after the career preparation intervention (T2, 3 months after baseline), and 5…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grade 9, Peer Influence, Career Education
The Role of Peer Groups in Adolescents' Educational Expectations and Adjustment
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Kiuru, Noona; Aunola, Kaisa; Vuori, Jukka; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
The present study investigated to what extent the members of adolescents' peer groups share similar educational expectations, and to what extent overall and school-related adjustment are associated with these expectations. Three hundred and ninety-four ninth-graders facing the transition to secondary education filled in questionnaires measuring…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Negative Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration