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Direct linkNickerson, Amanda B.; Serwacki, Michelle L.; Brock, Stephen E.; Savage, Todd A.; Woitaszewski, Scott A.; Louvar Reeves, Melissa A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
This study details a program evaluation of the "PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum" ("PREPaRE"), conducted in the United States and Canada between 2009 and 2011. Significant improvements in crisis prevention and intervention attitudes and knowledge were shown among 875 "Crisis Prevention…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Prevention, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management
Marques, Susana C.; Lopez, Shane J.; Fontaine, Anne Marie; Coimbra, Susana; Mitchell, Joanna – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
This study investigated the characteristics of students who report extremely high levels of hope. A sample of 682 students (ages 11-17) completed measures of hope, school engagement, life satisfaction, self-worth, and mental health. Academic achievement was obtained from students' school records. Based on their hope scores, students were divided…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics
Jiang, Xu; Huebner, E. Scott; Hills, Kimberly J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Research using an attachment theory framework has provided evidence that parent attachment is one of the crucial determinants of psychological adjustment in adolescents, including global life satisfaction (LS). This study investigated the interrelationships among parent attachment, hope, and LS during early adolescence, including the mediation…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Parent Child Relationship, Middle School Students, Statistical Significance
Haight, Courtney M.; Chapman, Gillian V.; Hendron, Marisa; Loftis, Rachel; Kearney, Christopher A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Many schools are faced with the prospect of soaring absenteeism rates, despite the use of traditional truancy courts and other legal interventions. A recent trend in the literature has been to explore alternative, hybrid, and multidisciplinary approaches to address the underlying obstacles to school attendance. These programs are often integrated…
Descriptors: Truancy, At Risk Students, Middle School Students, Program Evaluation
Unruh, Susan; Mckellar, Nancy A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
The profession of school psychology has been impacted by the response to intervention (RTI) model in various ways. RTI data are being used to make decisions regarding academic and behavioral interventions and to make eligibility determinations in comprehensive evaluations conducted by multidisciplinary teams. A survey of almost 400 school…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Response to Intervention, Surveys, Counselor Attitudes
Suldo, Shannon M.; Shaunessy-Dedrick, Elizabeth – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
This cross-sectional study determined whether students who take part in academically challenging high school curricula experience elevated levels of stress and whether this stress co-occurs with psychological and/or academic problems. Data from self-report questionnaires and school records were collected from 480 students from four high schools.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Standards, Difficulty Level, Stress Variables
Collie, Rebecca J.; Shapka, Jennifer D.; Perry, Nancy E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate whether school climate and social-emotional learning impact teacher commitment. The sample included 664 public schoolteachers from British Columbia and Ontario in Canada. Participants completed an online questionnaire about teacher commitment, school climate, and social-emotional learning. Binary logistic…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Investigations
Froh, Jeffrey J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Youssef, Al-Jameela; Conte, Vincent – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study is a content analysis of a random selection of 20% (N = 1,168) of articles from "School Psychology Quarterly", "Psychology in the Schools", the "Journal of School Psychology", and "School Psychology Review". Across the four journals, 27% of the articles had a positive focus, and the percentage of articles focused on the positive has…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, School Psychology, Journal Articles, Coding
Miller, David N.; Nickerson, Amanda B.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Osborne, Kristina M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
There has recently been a growing movement within psychology toward placing a greater emphasis on building strengths and competencies rather than merely treating deficits and disorders. This movement, known as positive psychology, focuses on the scientific study of optimal human functioning and the variables that promote positive human emotions,…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Psychology, Job Satisfaction, Psychological Patterns
Stewart, Tiffany; Suldo, Shannon – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study examined how perceived social support from parents, classmates, and teachers jointly and uniquely predicted psychopathology (i.e., internalizing and externalizing symptoms) and wellness (i.e., life satisfaction) in a sample of 390 middle-school students. This study also explored the protective nature of high student academic achievement…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, School Psychologists, Academic Achievement, Mental Health
Koegel, Lynn Kern; Ashbaugh, Kristen; Koegel, Robert L.; Detar, Whitney J.; Regester, April – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Difficulties engaging in social activities are considered to be a core symptom of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both the literature and our clinical observations suggest that most individuals with ASD have a desire to engage in social activities, but social skill deficits make social interaction challenging, and in turn can lead…
Descriptors: Socialization, Adults, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Brackett, Marc A.; Palomera, Raquel; Mojsa-Kaja, Justyna; Reyes, Maria Regina; Salovey, Peter – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
The topic of emotion regulation and its relationship with teacher effectiveness is beginning to garner attention by researchers. This study examined the relationship between emotion-regulation ability (ERA), as assessed by the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), and both job satisfaction and burnout among secondary-school…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Teacher Effectiveness, Secondary School Teachers, Job Satisfaction
Zullig, Keith J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Patton, Jon M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study investigated the magnitude of the relationships between eight school climate domains and a measure of global school satisfaction among 2,049 middle and high school students. Tests of moderator effects were conducted to determine if the magnitude of the relationships between the school climate domains and school satisfaction differed as…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High School Students, Middle School Students, Quality of Life
Elmore, Gail M.; Huebner, E. Scott – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
This study investigated the relationships among demographics, parent and peer attachment, school satisfaction, and student engagement behavior in a 1-year longitudinal study of secondary-school students. Statistically significant cross-sectional differences in school satisfaction were observed, based on grade, but not on race, gender, or…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Correlation
Flaspohler, Paul D.; Elfstrom, Jennifer L.; Vanderzee, Karin L.; Sink, Holli E.; Birchmeier, Zachary – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Bullying is one of the most common forms of school violence. Engagement in bullying has been shown to have adverse effects on perpetrators and victims of bullying. In this study, the impact of bullying on well-being (quality of life/life satisfaction) was explored in a sample of elementary and middle school children (N = 4,331). Results suggest…
Descriptors: Violence, Bullying, Life Satisfaction, Prevention
