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Predicting Changes in Classroom Aggression Status Norms: The Role of Teachers' Normative Beliefs and Students' Perceived Support
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Velásquez, Ana M.; Saldarriaga, Lina M.; Bukowski, William M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
This study examined variations in the development of classroom aggression popularity norms, as well as the role of homeroom teachers' aggression beliefs and students' perceptions of teachers' support as predictors of such variations. To achieve this goal, a sample of 63 classrooms were assessed at four time points during a school year, in nine…
Descriptors: Aggression, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior
Civic Knowledge and Open Classroom Discussion: Explaining Tolerance of Corruption among 8th-Grade Students in Latin America
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Carrasco, Diego; Banerjee, Robin; Treviño, Ernesto; Villalobos, Cristóbal – Educational Psychology, 2020
The endorsement of anti-corruption norms is a normative assumption in legal systems with freedom of information acts, where citizens are expected to act as monitors of the public service. Tolerance of corruption counteracts this assumption. We studied tolerance of corruption among 8th graders from Latin-American samples of the International Civic…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Grade 8, Socioeconomic Status, Authoritarianism
Contextual Variance and Invariance in Self-Perceived Gender Typicality and Pressure to Conform to Gender Role Expectations
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Castellanos, Melisa; Saldarriaga, Lina; Lopez, Luz Stella; Bukowski, William M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Evidence of cultural comparisons of gender-identity-measurement scales is scarce. The present study aims to assess the scalar invariance of two dimensions of a widely used gender identity scale (Egan and Perry's Multidimensional Gender Identity Inventory) across two cultural contexts. Fourth, sixth, and fifth graders from Barranquilla (Colombia)…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Gender Differences, Peer Relationship, Self Concept
A Global School Climate Crisis: Insights on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Students in Latin America. A Report from the GLSEN Research Institute
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Kosciw, Joseph G.; Zongrone, Adrian D. – Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2019
"A Global School Climate Crisis: Insights on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer (LGBTQ) Students in Latin America" explores the school experiences of LGBTQ students in seven countries across Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay. This report was created in partnership with Todo Mejora, a…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, School Safety
Adrift in the City: A Comparative Study of Street Children in Bogota, Colombia, and Guatemala City.
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Connolly, Mark – Child and Youth Services, 1990
Describes the lives of street children in two South American cities. Explains the mores, sanctions, and values of the society in which these children live. (PCB)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Childhood Needs, Children, Foreign Countries