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Leadership and Students' Academic Success: Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy and Self-Determination
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Gannouni, Kais; Ramboarison-Lalao, Lovanirina – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
When exploring the effects of leadership on students, most studies have focused on either how leadership affects the students' academic outcomes or how it contributes to their personal development. This study merged both approaches and aimed to measure the mediating effects of self-efficacy and self-determination among leadership, students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Determination, Academic Persistence, Self Efficacy
Parenting Style as a Moderator for Students' Academic Achievement
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Ishak, Zahari; Low, Suet Fin; Lau, Poh Li – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
Parenting styles have always been a crucial factor in influencing all aspects of a person's development. The purpose of this study is to test the structural equation model of academic achievement among the students using parenting styles as a moderator. The sample comprised 493 students from eight schools. Parenting styles are determined using the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Structural Equation Models
Personal and Ecological Assets and Academic Competence in Early Adolescence: The Mediating Role of School Engagement
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Li, Yibing; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Although the role of school engagement in influencing children's academic competence has been recognized in past theory and research, how school engagement may mediate the relationships between ecological and personal resources and academic competence remains largely unknown. Using structural equation modeling procedures, the present study was…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Grade 5
Nonlinear Growth Models in M"plus" and SAS
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Grimm, Kevin J.; Ram, Nilam – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Nonlinear growth curves or growth curves that follow a specified nonlinear function in time enable researchers to model complex developmental patterns with parameters that are easily interpretable. In this article we describe how a variety of sigmoid curves can be fit using the M"plus" structural modeling program and the nonlinear…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Statistical Analysis, Computer Software, Longitudinal Studies
Dimensions of the Construct of Resilience and Adaptation among Inner-City Youth.
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Tiet, Quyen Q.; Huizinga, David – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Reviewed construct of resilience and adaptation by measuring psychosocial functioning, self-esteem, academic performance, absence or low level of drug use, gang involvement, and delinquent activities among 877 at-risk youths. Found adjustment and low level of antisocial behavior as two latent constructs of resilience and adaptation. (Author/DLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior
Middle Childhood Antecedents to Progressions in Male Adolescent Substance Use: An Ecological Analysis of Risk and Protection.
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Dishion, Thomas J.; Capaldi, Deborah M.; Yoerger, Karen – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
This study examined antecedents to early patterned alcohol and tobacco use and marijuana experimentation between ages 11 and 16 for an at-risk male sample. Findings suggested that family, peer, and child characteristics were inextricably connected within an ecology of development. A structural equation prediction model suggested a higher order…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior