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Pfeiffer, Jens P.; Pinquart, Martin; Krick, Kathrin – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2016
Social development may vary depending on contextual factors, such as attending a day school or a boarding school. The present study compares students from these school types with regard to the achievement of specific social goals, perceived social support, and reported prosocial behaviour. A sample of 701 students was examined. Students from…
Descriptors: Social Development, Day Schools, Boarding Schools, Adolescents
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Margraf, Hannah; Pinquart, Martin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2016
The present study analysed whether bullying/victimisation and related social support vary by emotional and behavioural disturbances (EBD) as well as school type. We examined 540 German adolescents with and without emotional disturbances (ED)/behavioural disturbances (BD) attending regular and special schools for students with EBD. Adolescents with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Victims, Social Support Groups
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Schachner, Maja K.; Van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Noack, Peter – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
Navigating between cultures in addition to developmental changes and challenges in early adolescence can be difficult. We investigated school, family, and ethnic group as conditions for acculturation and school adjustment among early-adolescent boys and girls. Analyses were based on 860 mostly second- and third-generation immigrant students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acculturation, Student Adjustment, Early Adolescents