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Youth Disclosure about Friendships across the Transition to Middle School
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Fletcher, Anne C.; Blair, Bethany L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
This longitudinal qualitative investigation considered youth disclosure to parents about friends as well as parents' responses to such disclosure across the transition to middle school. African American and European American youth participated in qualitative interviews regarding their disclosure to parents about friendships in three consecutive…
Descriptors: Friendship, Longitudinal Studies, Interviews, African American Students
Information Management Strategies in Early Adolescence: Developmental Change in Use and Transactional Associations with Psychological Adjustment
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Laird, Robert D.; Marrero, Matthew D.; Melching, Jessica A.; Kuhn, Emily S. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Adolescents use various strategies to manage their parents' access to information. This study tested developmental change in strategy use, longitudinal associations between disclosing and concealing strategies, and longitudinal associations linking disclosing and concealing strategies with antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms. Self-report…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Management, Adolescents, Early Adolescents
Public Disclosure to Improve Physical Education in an Urban School District: Results from a 2-year Quasi-Experimental Study
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Thompson, Hannah R.; Vittinghoff, Eric; Linchey, Jennifer K.; Madsen, Kristine A. – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Many elementary schools have policies requiring a minimum amount of physical education (PE). However, few schools comply with local/state PE policy and little is known about how to improve adherence. We evaluated changes in PE among fifth-grade classes, following participatory action research efforts to improve PE quantity and policy…
Descriptors: Physical Education, School Districts, Disclosure, Urban Schools
To Tell or Not to Tell: What Influences Children's Decisions to Report Bullying to Their Teachers?
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Cortes, Khaerannisa I.; Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
Teachers are the primary agents for creating and maintaining a positive classroom climate--and promoting healthy interpersonal relations with, and among, their students (including the prevention of school bullying) is key to achieving this goal. For this study it was posited that students' willingness to report bullying to their teachers is an…
Descriptors: Influences, Attribution Theory, Bullying, Teacher Student Relationship