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Universal Screening for Behavioral Risk in Elementary Schools Using SWPBS Expectations
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Burke, Mack D.; Davis, John L.; Lee, Yuan-Hsuan; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Kwok, Oi-man; Sugai, George – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
In this study, the authors examined the concurrent validity, predictive validity, and concurrent and predictive classification accuracy of using schoolwide behavior expectations as a universal behavioral screener. Three elementary schools implementing schoolwide positive behavior supports (SWPBS) participated. Within each school, the entire school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior
Predicting Homework Effort: Support for a Domain-Specific, Multilevel Homework Model
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Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver; Schnyder, Inge; Niggli, Alois – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
According to the domain-specific, multilevel homework model proposed in the present study, students' homework effort is influenced by expectancy and value beliefs, homework characteristics, parental homework behavior, and conscientiousness. The authors used structural equation modeling and hierarchical linear modeling analyses to test the model in…
Descriptors: Homework, Models, Expectation, Structural Equation Models
School Climate Support for Behavioral and Psychological Adjustment: Testing the Mediating Effect of Social Competence
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Wang, Ming-Te – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
The present study used an ecological framework to examine the relationships among adolescents' perceptions of school climate, social competence, and behavioral and psychological adjustment in the middle school years. This study improved upon prior studies by using "structural equation modeling" to investigate the hypothesized mediating…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents, Error of Measurement
Children's Help Seeking and Impulsivity
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Puustinen, Minna; Kokkonen, Marja; Tolvanen, Asko; Pulkkinen, Lea – Learning & Individual Differences, 2004
The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between students' (100 children aged 8 to 12) help-seeking behavior and impulsivity. Help-seeking behavior was evaluated using a naturalistic experimental paradigm in which children were placed in a problem-solving situation and had the opportunity to seek help from the experimenter, if…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Conceptual Tempo, Structural Equation Models, Measures (Individuals)
An Efficacious Theory-Based Intervention for Stepfamilies
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Forgatch, Marion S.; DeGarmo, David S.; Beldavs, Zintars G. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
This article evaluates the efficacy of the Oregon model of Parent Management Training (PMTO) in the stepfamily context. Sixty-seven of 110 participants in the Marriage and Parenting in Stepfamilies (MAPS) program received a PMTO-based intervention. Participants in the randomly assigned experimental group displayed a large effect in benefits to…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Family (Sociological Unit)
The Predictive Validity of the Phelps Kindergarten Readiness Scale
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Augustyniak, Kristine M.; Cook-Cottone, Catherine P.; Calabrese, Nancy – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This study assesses the predictive validity of the Phelps Kindergarten Readiness Scale (PKRS) for later academic achievement and explores the utility of a domain-specific measure of kindergarten readiness. Kindergarten readiness scores were significantly correlated with both math and language arts achievement as measured by New York State…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Kindergarten, Structural Equation Models, Predictive Validity