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Person X Environment in the Peer Domain: Parenting Strategies and Preadolescent Physiological Responses in the Context of Peer Stress
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Tu, Kelly Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
During preadolescence, concerns about maintaining and developing friendships, gaining peer acceptance, and avoiding peer victimization become central concerns. The transition to middle school can create or exacerbate these concerns. Parents may be in a position to help preadolescents navigate these developmental and ecological challenges, promote…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Skills, Child Rearing, Peer Relationship
Portland Peers Project. Interim Evaluation Report, 1989-90.
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Mitchell, Stephanie – 1990
This document comprises an interim evaluation report for the Portland Peers Project, a comprehensive drug education program that serves students in grades 6-8 in all Portland (Oregon) middle schools, for the 1989-90 academic year. It is noted that data were collected through an initial assessment survey, a parent questionnaire, a student peer…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Social Development in Early Adolescence: Implications for Middle School Educators.
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Manning, M. Lee; Allen, Michael G. – Childhood Education, 1987
Describes the changing social characteristics of early adolescence; provides research finding implications of the effects these changes have on the school climate and academic acheivement and offers suggestions to middle school educators who interact daily with early adolescents. (BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Intermediate Grades
Stability and Change in Peer Relationships during the Transition to Middle-Level School.
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Hardy, Cindy L.; Bukowski, William M.; Sippola Lorrie K. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2002
Assessed Canadian young adolescents' peer relationships as students moved from grade 6 in small elementary schools to middle-level schools offering grades 7 to 12. Found that girls experienced greater instability in reciprocated friendships than boys. Found that girls, more so than boys, lost old friendships and formed new friendships with…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Friendship, Institutional Characteristics
School Adjustment in Sixth Graders: Parenting Transitions, Family Climate, and Peer Norm Effects.
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Kurdek, Lawrence A.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examined whether sixth graders' adjustment to the school context (assessed by grades, achievement scores, and disruptive behaviors) was affected by factors from both the family context (as represented by the number of divorce-related parenting transitions and perceptions of current family climate) and the peer context (represented by peer norms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Divorce
Ethnicity, Peer Harassment, and Adjustment in Middle School: An Exploratory Study.
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Graham, Sandra; Juvonen, Jaana – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2002
Examined peer groups and school ethnic composition as risk factors for peer harassment during early adolescence. Peers nominated aggressive and harassed students and reported self-perceived loneliness, social anxiety, and global self-esteem. Found that deviations from normative perceptions of a person's peer group were particularly detrimental to…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Bullying
The Sense of Belonging and Its Relationship to Academic Motivation among Pre- and Early Adolescent Students.
Goodenow, Carol – 1991
This study investigated the relationship of students' sense of belonging in their classes to measures related to motivation, student effort, and academic achievement. Data from 612 fifth- through eighth-grade middle school students revealed that the sense of belonging in a class was related to: (1) students' expectations of academic success; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Courses, Elementary School Students