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S. Colby Woods; Michael Gottfried; Kevin Gee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Students in the foster care system tend to have lower educational outcomes than their peers, including more frequent disciplinary events. However, few studies have explored how transitions into and out of foster care placements are associated with educational outcomes. Using longitudinal data from four California school districts, this study…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Discipline, Student Behavior, Attendance
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Ryan Lee; Michele Nicolo; Eric S. Kawaguchi; Howard Hu; Angie Ghanem-Uzqueda; Frank Gilliland; Jeffrey D. Klausner; Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati; Andrea Kovacs; Sarah Van Orman; Sheridan Coomer; Daniel Soto; Jennifer B. Unger – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective, Participants, & Methods: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health challenges of university students, staff, and faculty alike. We used linear mixed models to examine demographic predictors of, and change over time in, self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms of a cohort of university students and staff/faculty…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Adrienne R. Lee; Alex Gonzalez; Jenna M. Garcia; Lourdes S. Martinez; Eyal Oren – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students play a major role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the viral agent responsible for COVID-19. We aim to understand risk perceptions, self-efficacy, and adoption of prevention behaviors in this population to inform prevention strategies. Participants: Undergraduate students attending a large public university. Methods:…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Hice-Fromille, Theresa; London, Rebecca A. – Youth & Society, 2023
Although scholars are attuned to the particular transitional dilemmas faced by middle school students, inquiry into middle school breaktimes is largely limited to research on bullying and peer victimization. This study interrogates the geography of middle school breaktime to expand understanding of student safety and recognize the ways that the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Recess Breaks, Safety, Student Development
Josh Craton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Mental health struggles in college students have been steadily increasing in recent years. In an effort to slow the trend, scholars have searched for methods and tools to help students manage their mental health. One such tool that has shown to be correlated with less stress, anxiety, and symptoms associated with depression is mental toughness.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mental Health, Resilience (Psychology), Empathy
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Jean A. Parrella; Theresa Pesl Murphrey; Holli R. Leggette; Anna Bates; Christina Esquivel – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: This study sought to investigate how secondary agriculture teachers' characteristics influence their perceived ability to teach students decision-making skills. Design/Methodology/Approach: We used a cross-sectional survey research design and distributed the instrument to secondary agriculture teachers in the U.S. via Facebook. We…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers, Teacher Characteristics
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Johnson, Lisa E.; Robins, Richard W.; Guyer, Amanda E.; Hastings, Paul D. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The current study examined the Five Cs model of positive youth development (PYD; Lerner et al., 2005) in U.S. Mexican-origin youth (N = 674, 50% female) and tested the extent to which ethnic pride, familismo, and respeto, as an index of cultural orientation, predicted PYD across midadolescence. PYD was modeled using a bifactor structure, which…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Cultural Traits, Predictor Variables, Adolescents
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Anita Fitzgerald; Sharon Konrad; Belinda Daughrity; Lei Sun – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
To assess the self-reported professional identity of healthcare majors at a large public university, and to understand the degree to which the students perceive their healthcare programs support the development of this identity. An online, modified version of the Professional Identity Five-Factor Scale (Tan, Van der Molen, and Schmidt [2017]. 'A…
Descriptors: College Students, Allied Health Occupations Education, Professional Identity, Student Attitudes
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Einat Waizbard; Emilio Ferrer; Meghan Miller; Brianna Heath; Derek S. Andrews; Sally J. Rogers; Christine Wu Nordahl; Marjorie Solomon; David G. Amaral – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Girls, more than boys, experience a decrease in the severity of autism symptoms during childhood. It is unclear, however, which specific autistic behaviors change more for girls than for boys. Trajectories of autism symptoms were evaluated using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-calibrated severity scores (ADOS-CSS). Change in the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Severity (of Disability), Gender Differences
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Scheier, Lawrence M.; Komarc, Martin – Contemporary School Psychology, 2022
This study examined relations between student engagement and drug use using data obtained from the statewide biennial California Healthy Kids Survey. Latent variable modeling with confirmatory factor analysis indicated four conceptually distinct and psychometrically sound factors capturing academic motivation, school connectedness, caring…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Drug Abuse, Correlation, Student Motivation
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Serpas, Dylan G.; García, James J.; Arellano-Morales, Leticia – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Racial/ethnic minorities experience disproportionately greater risk to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This study examined racial/ethnic discrimination--as a psychosocial stressor--in a path model and its associations with CVD health risk factors among undergraduate students of color (SoC). Participants: The sample included 404 SoC…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Minority Group Students, Ethnicity, Stress Variables
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Vongkulluksn, Vanessa W.; Matewos, Ananya M.; Sinatra, Gale M. – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Growth mindset plays an important role in students' motivation for learning. Students who believe that their abilities are malleable are more likely to set mastery goals and to persist when encountering difficulties. Design-based makerspace -- or a makerspace structured with design-based learning components -- has many features known to improve…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Longitudinal Studies, Self Concept, Design
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Nyanamba, Juliet M.; Liew, Jeffrey; Li, Danni – School Psychology, 2022
Given the chronic stress that families experienced during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic accompanied by school closures, many parents were vulnerable to parental burnout as they supervised their children's remote learning in addition to other roles. According to self-determination theory (SDT), when parents' basic needs are met, they…
Descriptors: Burnout, COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Variables
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Alan Perez; Sarah Hoover; Jamila Henderson; Jennifer Hogg; Johanna Lacoe; Jesse Rothstein – Grantee Submission, 2024
Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students in California pay for food, but may not reach all eligible students. To better measure student participation in CalFresh, the California Policy Lab (CPL)…
Descriptors: Hunger, College Students, Student Participation, Food
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Alan Perez; Sarah Hoover; Jamila Henderson; Jennifer Hogg; Johanna Lacoe; Jesse Rothstein – Grantee Submission, 2024
Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students in California pay for food, but may not reach all eligible students. To better measure student participation in CalFresh, the California Policy Lab (CPL)…
Descriptors: Hunger, College Students, Student Participation, Food
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