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Peer reviewedGoodenow, Carol – Psychology in the Schools, 1993
Developed measure of adolescent students' perceived belonging or psychological membership in school environment. Administered initial set of items to 454 middle school students and 301 junior high school students. Resulting 18-item Psychological Sense of School Membership scale had good internal consistency reliability. Quality of psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedRobinson, Eric L.; Nagle, Richard J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Of 75 elementary and middle school gifted students, 44 percent of students' Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition (SBIV) Composite scores and 28 percent of students' Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Full Scale IQ scores were over 10 points different from their Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) Cognitive Skills…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShechtman, Zipora – Psychology in the Schools, 2000
Tests the effectiveness of an intervention designed to reduce aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. Participants were special education students (N=70) with behavioral problems in grades 5-9 living in Israel. A short-term multidimensional program utilizing bibliotherapy and clarifying processes was introduced. The intervention was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Problems, Children
Peer reviewedSadowski, Cyril J.; Woodward, Helen R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Administered the Locus of Control Scale for Teachers to 13 middle school teachers and the Origin-Climate Questionnaire to 78 of their students. Results indicated a moderate relationship between teachers' locus of control and students' perception of classroom climate, suggesting teachers' locus of control has a causal impact. (JAC)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Locus of Control, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedWatkinson, Jodi T.; Lee, Steven W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Examined differences in written expression between learning-disabled and nondisabled middle school students matched by grade and sex, using eight curriculum-based measures. All of learning-disabled students had been identified as having written language deficits. Nondisabled students showed superior written expression skills, especially on…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedMalecki, Christine K.; Elliott, Stephen N. – Psychology in the Schools, 1999
Analysis of Student Social Support Scale (SSSS), a four-factor scale (Parent, Teacher, Classmate, and Close Friend), revealed that (1) SSSS is highly reliable, (2) social support differed by developmental/age groups and by sex, and (3) relationships exist among social support, self-concept, and social behavior. Concludes that SSSS is a promising…
Descriptors: Friendship, High School Students, Middle School Students, Parents
Peer reviewedLindholm, Byron W.; Touliatos, John – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Compared parents', teachers', and counselors' Behavior Problem Checklist ratings of 57 elementary and middle school children in counseling. Analysis of variance revealed school counselors perceived more personality problems in the children than the teachers did. Otherwise, parents, teachers, and counselors did not differ in their perceptions.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWorrell, Frank C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2000
Study examines the reliability and validity of the Instructional Climate Survey-Form S (ICI-S), a 20-item instrument that measures school climate, administered to students (N=328) in three programs. Analysis indicates that ICI-S was best explained by one factor. Reliability coeffecients of the total score were within the acceptable range for all…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High School Students, Middle School Students, Program Evaluation
Direct linkHale, Andrea D.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Winn, Beth D.; Oliver, Renee; Allin, Jessica D.; Molloy, Cherish C. M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Researchers used alternating treatment designs to investigate the effects of listening-while-reading (LWR) and listening interventions on comprehension levels and rates in four middle school students with emotional disorders. During LWR, students were instructed to read passages silently along with experimenters. During the listening condition, we…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Emotional Disturbances, Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
Nounopoulos, Alex; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Gilman, Rich – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Research finds that the availability of specific coping resources can alleviate the more harmful effects of stress among adolescents. Although studies have investigated the relationship between coping resources and various outcomes among general samples of youth, no research has focused on adolescents who report high personal standards in…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Adolescents, Grade Point Average, Coping
Auger, Richard W. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This investigation examined the ability of teachers to identify depressive characteristics among middle school students. Participants were 356 students and 52 teachers. Teachers' perceptions of students' depressive characteristics were obtained via Likert ratings and nominations of students the teachers judged to be depressed. The depressive…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Depression (Psychology), Identification
Lassen, Stephen R.; Steele, Michael M.; Sailor, Wayne – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
An emerging literature on school-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) in urban settings suggests the utility of PBS in addressing student social development while decreasing the need for disciplinary actions (i.e., office disciplinary referrals [ODRs]). This research represents a significant addition to, and expansion of, this literature by…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Urban Schools, Social Development, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedFenzel, L. Mickey; Magaletta, Philip R.; Peyrot, Mark F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examined the relation of school strain to self-worth and three indicators of school functioning--scholastic competence, intrinsic motivation, and grade point average--among 102 students in an academic intervention program. Results showed a consistent relation of peer strain to self-worth, with strain increasing during the year. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Students, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedPowers, Stephen; Barkan, Jerry H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Correlations between the Standard Progressive Matrices test (SPM) and the California Achievement Test, Reading, Language, and Mathematics Tests were examined for 99 Hispanic and 93 non-Hispanic Caucasian seventh-grade students. All correlations were highly significant. Supports continued use of the SPM as a measure of nonverbal intellectual…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Ability, Concurrent Validity, Culture Fair Tests
McCallum, R. Steve; Sharp, Shannon; Bell, Sherry Mee; George, Thomas – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Seventy-four students read passages from an individually administered test of reading comprehension (a subtest from the "Test of Dyslexia," a test of reading and related abilities currently in development; McCallum & Bell, 2001), and then answered literal and inferential questions. Students were randomly assigned to one of two…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Reading Ability, Oral Reading, Multivariate Analysis
