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Stepney, Cesalie T.; Elias, Maurice J.; Epstein, Yakov M. – Journal of Character Education, 2015
The study explored whether aspects of elementary students' writing about their personal values could predict if students were considered more at risk or more resilient. Essays from 176 fifth-grade students (79.54% African American, 20.46% Hispanic) from a low-income, urban district in New Jersey were analyzed using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Resilience (Psychology), Self Concept, Interpersonal Competence