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Jhanelle Adams; Andrew Roach – School Psychology Review, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine how the perceptions of school climate, specifically school relationships, differ for Black girls with and without an individualized education plan (IEP) as compared to their peers. The study utilized survey responses from high school students in a Georgia school district who participated in the 2020 Georgia…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, African American Students, Females
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Thomason, Jessica D.; Kuperminc, Gabriel – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Social capital was examined as a mediator of the association between youth development program participation and gains in self-concept in a sample of 86 primarily African American female adolescents in the Cool Girls, program, and 89 comparisons. Two dimensions of social capital (the diversity of girls' social networks and the number of life…
Descriptors: Females, Social Capital, Self Concept, African Americans
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Roman, Mallory; Medvedev, Katalin – College Student Journal, 2011
There's ample evidence that peer approval and group acceptance play a role in many social phenomena. This influence can manifest itself through the bystander effect, peer pressure, social facilitation and in many other ways. However, dress as a means of social influence has been largely ignored. This study was designed to determine whether peer…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Purchasing, Social Influences, Peer Influence