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Brass, Nicole; McKellar, Sarah E.; North, Elizabeth A.; Ryan, Allison M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study examined group differences by grade (fifth graders in elementary school and sixth graders in middle school) and gender in academic (behavioral and emotional engagement, academic self-concept, and worry) and socio-emotional adjustment (self-esteem, social satisfaction, social self-concept, and worry). Self-report data were collected from…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 5, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
Hipson, Will E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Sentiment analysis is a computational method that automatically analyzes the valence of massive quantities of text. Basic sentiment analysis involves extracting and counting emotionally-laden keywords from passages of text (e.g., "hate," "love," "happy," "sad"). This study describes using sentiment analysis…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Self Expression, Computational Linguistics, Poetry
Jones, Randall M.; Dick, Andrew J.; Coyl-Shepherd, Diana D.; Ogletree, Mark – Youth & Society, 2014
Erikson (1950) contends that the physical changes associated with puberty serve as a catalyst for adolescents to question childhood identifications and to consolidate these with current self-conceptions, personal ideologies, interpersonal values, and future aspirations. Erikson describes the adolescent identity crisis as the developmental period…
Descriptors: Males, Adolescents, Identification (Psychology), Age Differences
Alfonso, Moya; Dedrick, Robert F. – American Journal of Health Education, 2010
Background: Whereas much attention has been focused on adolescent risk behaviors such as substance use, much less has been devoted to self-injury in the general adolescent population. Purpose: This study had two purposes: (1) describe the prevalence of self-injury among early adolescents in the general middle school population, and (2) identify…
Descriptors: Health Education, Incidence, Prevention, Injuries
George, Paul S. – Principal, 1981
Traces the middle school movement from the early 1960s through the year 2,000 and beyond. (JM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Curriculum, Educational History, Instructional Program Divisions
Osborne, W. Larry; LeGette, Helen R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1982
Administered three self-concept instruments to 374 students in grades 7, 9, and 11. By using total scores as well as subscale scores, indications were obtained of global self-concept as well as perceptions of various dimensions of self. Data indicated significant sex, race, grade level, and social class differences. (RC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Children
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1983
Both the junior high school and the middle school were established specifically to meet the unique physical and intellectual needs of preadolescents and early adolescents. The ability of these types of schools to accomplish that goal, as measured by the research, is the basic subject of this report. Each of the report's five parts begins with an…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Research

Petersen, Anne C.; Crockett, Lisa – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
Effects on adjustment of biological maturation and social timing were compared using data from a longitudinal sample of 335 young adolescents, who were followed from the sixth through eighth grades. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Body Image

Lipsitz, Joan Scheff – High School Journal, 1980
The author focuses on some of the research needs for early adolescents (ages 10 to 15). It highlights areas in which federal policy concerns intersect with developmental research, and discusses six areas: social equity, basic skills, school discipline, parent participation, and school effectiveness. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Basic Skills
Baldwin, Bird Thomas – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
It should now be recognized that every child has at least five parallel ages: A "chronological" age, in years, months, and days: a "physiological" age, indicative of physical growth and maturity; a "mental" age, significant of intellectual capacity and ability; a "school standing," or "pedagogical"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Stages, Physical Development, Adolescent Development
Schnelker, Diane; And Others – 1986
A three-year study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of the Transitional School Model in the Des Moines, Iowa, Independent Community School District. The model was designed to provide early adolescents in grades 6-8 with a more comprehensive bridge between elementary school and high school by emphasizing students' physical, emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives