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Varela, Jorge J.; Muñoz, Gonzalo J.; Reschly, Amy; Melipillán, Roberto – Journal of School Violence, 2022
Whereas most research has focused on the influence of teachers on student engagement, we postulate that peer experiences -- particularly bullying behavior as a victim or perpetrator -- impact student engagement over time. Using a sample of 525 adolescents (46% female, mean age = 13.51) nested within 31 classrooms from Chilean schools selected by…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Student Behavior, Predictor Variables
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Julia L. Hill; Jodie Hunter – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
Supporting student wellbeing in schools is increasingly becoming a global priority. However, research and initiatives primarily focus on general wellbeing rather than subject-specific experiences. Given the pervasive levels of mathematics anxiety, negative attitudes, and disengagement in mathematics education, we argue for a more contextualised…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
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Watson, Hayley; Todorov, Natasha; Rapee, Ronald M. – Journal of School Violence, 2021
Bullying is a pervasive and debilitating issue for youth that can lead to substance abuse, worse outcomes at school, mental and physical health problems, and in some instances serious acts of school violence. There are three criteria that must be present in order to be classified as bullying: Repetition, intentionality, and imbalance of power.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Early Adolescents, Males, Student Behavior
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Elias-Lambert, Nada; Black, Beverly M.; Chigbu, Kingsley U. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This exploratory study examined middle school students' (N = 380) help-seeking behaviors and other reactions to controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Over three-fourths of the participants perpetrated and were victimized by controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Youth used emotional/verbal and dominance/isolation forms…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Dating (Social)
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Wetter, Emily K.; Hankin, Benjamin L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2009
This study takes a developmental psychopathological approach to examine mechanisms through which baseline levels of positive emotionality (PE) and negative emotionality (NE) prospectively predict increases in anhedonic depressive symptoms in a community sample of 350 adolescents (6th-10th graders). Dependent stressors mediated the relationship…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Response, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Christiansen, Lois M.; Copeland, Ellis P.; Stapert, Erika B. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2008
This study investigated the presence and strength of the relationship between daily hassles, coping style, negative mood regulations, and somatic symptomatology in junior high rural adolescents. Five paper-and-pencil instruments assessing perceived daily hassles, coping strategies, ability to successfully alleviate a negative mood state, degree of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Coping, Rural Areas, Grade 8
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Weinstein, Sally M.; Mermelstein, Robin – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study explored the combined influences of daily activities and autonomy in activity engagement on adolescent daily positive and negative moods. Ecological momentary assessments (EMA) were used to obtain information about 8th- and 10th-grade students' (N = 517) mood, activities, and situation throughout the day. Participants responded to…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Personal Autonomy, Emotional Response, Negative Attitudes
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Dipardo, Anne; Schnack, Pat – Reading Research Quarterly, 2004
This study explores informants' experiences in a reading/writing program that paired eighth-grade language arts students with elderly volunteers. Twenty-three pairs were followed over an academic year as they read books in common, corresponded in response journals, and met in person at program social events. Through analysis of interviews, their…
Descriptors: Literacy, Language Arts, Grade 8, Emotional Response