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Christensen, Kirsten M.; Raposa, Elizabeth B.; Hagler, Matthew A.; Erickson, Lance; Rhodes, Jean E. – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
Organized sports are among the most common youth activities in the United States, and athletic coaches can often become important mentors to their players. Nonetheless, few studies have examined the characteristics of youth who form mentoring relationships with coaches and whether such relationships are associated with later academic outcomes.…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Mentors, Academic Achievement, Interpersonal Relationship
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Kathryn M. Kirkpatrick – Continuity in Education, 2020
Students with chronic medical conditions often experience barriers to academic progress, including impact of disease and treatment, increased school absence, and altered expectations of teachers and parents. School belonging is an important element of academic success and can be promoted by positive relationships, structure, and support in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Chronic Illness, Student School Relationship, Student Attitudes
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Pan, Jingtong; Zaff, Jonathan F.; Porche, Michelle – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2020
Childhood adversities tend to impact development in a cumulative way. However, extant research on childhood adversities has focused on a variable-centered approach to examine the cumulative effect of adversity. Using Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and adopting a pattern-centered approach, the authors investigate how different youth may experience…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Outcomes of Education, Early Experience, Longitudinal Studies
Rochmes, Jane E. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2016
Health and education are reciprocally related, and research indicates that unhealthy students are poorly positioned to learn. Providing services that prevent health problems or help students cope with existing health concerns is one way that schools intervene in the relationship between student background and educational outcomes. Providing health…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Physical Health, Health Promotion, Prevention
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Fine, Leigh E. – American Journal of Education, 2015
Prior literature on educational attainment indicates that there is both a female advantage and an LGB bonus: women are more likely to have earned bachelor's degrees than men, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons are more likely to have earned a bachelor's degree than heterosexuals. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Regression (Statistics), Longitudinal Studies, Sexual Identity