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Šerek, Jan; Machackova, Hana – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
This study examined the effects of school climate (open classroom and positive student relationships) and personality dispositions (shyness and need for cognition) on adolescents' political self-efficacy. Data were collected in 2014 from 1,954 Czech ninth- and tenth-graders (mean age = 15.60). A multilevel analysis showed that school-level…
Descriptors: Role, Educational Environment, Personality, Adolescents
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Gomez-Baya, Diego; Santos, Teresa; Gaspar de Matos, Margarida – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Positive Youth Development (PYD) model is a strength-based perspective of transition to adulthood derived from developmental systems theory. Developmental assets (DAs) framework describes the individual and contextual resources that may promote PYD. This work aims to analyze the associations between internal and external DAs and PYD, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Adolescent Development, High School Students
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Clark, Shelby; Harbaugh, Allen G.; Seider, Scott – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
Research has found that directly teaching students to question positively affects academic outcomes. Although theoretically questioning is believed to foster numerous "noncognitive" outcomes, relatively few studies have considered the impact of direct instruction in questioning on students' curiosity and related motivational constructs.…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Adolescents, Public Schools, High School Students