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STEM Interest and Achievement in High School Freshmen with ADHD: Multisystemic Predictors
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Jae Hyung Ahn – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The transition from middle to high school can be especially challenging for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Also, students with disabilities experience greater barriers when considering careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Academic interest and social support may play a critical role…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Academic Achievement, High School Freshmen, Grade 11
Perceived Close Relationships with Parents, Teachers, and Peers: Predictors of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Features in Adolescents With LD or Comorbid LD and ADHD
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Al-Yagon, Michal – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This study examined the role of adolescents' perceived close relationships with significant others (attachment relationships with mothers/fathers, appraisal of homeroom teacher as secure base, and quality of peer friendship) in explaining differences in their socioemotional and behavioral functioning (peer-network/peer-dyadic loneliness,…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Predictor Variables
Academic Adjustment of Gifted and Non-Gifted Ninth-, Tenth-, Eleventh-, and Twelfth-Grade Students Placed in Accelerated Mathematics Courses
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Speer, Emily M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the academic adjustment of gifted and non-gifted ninth-, tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-grade students placed in accelerated mathematics courses. Using Van Eman's research, the investigation of the social and emotional effects of mathematics acceleration through academic adjustment included the following positive indicators…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Academically Gifted, Grade 9, Grade 10
Still a Target: Sexual Diversity and Power of Caring
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Konishi, Chiaki; Saewyc, Elizabeth – School Psychology International, 2014
This study examined the link between victimization and sexual orientation and how this link contributes to social-emotional health, extending to school-related outcomes among adolescents. Of additional interest was whether having caring adult support was a protective factor in reducing the risk for high levels of distress or enhancing positive…
Descriptors: Correlation, Victims, Sexual Orientation, Social Development
Participation in Extracurricular Activities in the Middle School Years: Are There Developmental Benefits for African American and European American Youth?
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Fredricks, Jennifer A.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
In this study, we examined the associations between organized activity participation during early adolescence and adjustment in a large and economically diverse sample of African American and European American youth. The sample included 1,047 youth (51% female and 49% male and 67% African American and 33% European American). We used analysis of…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Recreational Activities, Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents
Is Extracurricular Participation Associated with Beneficial Outcomes? Concurrent and Longitudinal Relations
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Fredricks, Jennifer A.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the relations between participation in a range of high school extracurricular contexts and developmental outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood among an economically diverse sample of African American and European American youths. In general, when some prior self-selection factors were controlled, 11th graders'…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Participation, Extracurricular Activities, African American Students