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Fraysier, Kathleen; Reschly, Amy L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine whether secondary student engagement was predictive of college attendance. Data were drawn from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 9th grade (n = 21,444) and 11th grade (n = 20,549) cohorts. Multilevel modeling was used to analyze whether demographic, academic, financial, and engagement variables…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Learner Engagement, Predictor Variables
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Kristensen, Sara M.; Jørgensen, Magnus; Meland, Eivind; Urke, Helga B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The present study investigates how perceived support from peers, parents, and teachers influences later academic performance and if academic self-efficacy and entity intelligence beliefs mediate this association in a sample of early secondary school students. Data were collected from 750 Norwegian students in lower secondary school at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Fass, Michael E.; Tubman, Jonathan G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2002
Examines relations among attachment to parents and peers, cognitive ability, psychosocial functioning variables, and academic achievement in a multiethnic sample of college students. Significant positive correlations were documented between parent and peer attachment and several indices of psychosocial competence. Analyses revealed that indices of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Ability, College Students