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School Connection through Engagement Associated with Grade Scores and Emotions of Adolescents: Four Factors to Build Engagement in Schools
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Bowles, Terence; Scull, Janet; Jimerson, Shane R. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
This study investigated school connectedness, student engagement, academic grades, and student affect. Factor analyses of 331 adolescent students (Years 7, 9, and 11 in Australia), validated a four-factor model of school engagement. The factors revealed in the analyses were described as (1) future and task focus, (2) planning and motivation, (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student School Relationship, Learner Engagement, Grades (Scholastic)
Inflexible Parents, Inflexible Kids: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study of Parenting Style and the Development of Psychological Flexibility in Adolescents
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Williams, Kathryn E.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; Heaven, Patrick C. L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Parenting behaviors have been linked to children's self regulation, but it is less clear how they relate to adolescent psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is a broad construct that describes an individual's ability to respond appropriately to environmental demands and internal experiences in the service of their goals. We examined…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Psychology, Longitudinal Studies