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Hurd, Noelle M.; Hussain, Saida; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Youth & Society, 2018
The current study examined whether students' perceptions of school disorder influenced their psychosocial outcomes directly and indirectly via connectedness to school. The current study also explored moderation by the presence of a supportive figure in the school and investigated gender differences. Participants were 28,104 high school students.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, Educational Environment, Student Development
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Dogan, Ugur; Çolak, Tugba Seda – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This study was tested a model for explain to social networks sites (SNS) usage with structural equation modeling (SEM). Using SEM on a sample of 475 high school students (35% male, 65% female) students, model was investigated the relationship between self-concealment, social appearance anxiety, loneliness on SNS such as Twitter and Facebook usage.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Privacy, Social Networks
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Collie, Rebecca J.; Martin, Andrew J.; Curwood, Jen Scott – Educational Psychology, 2016
Given recent concerns around boys' literacy, this study examined multidimensional writing motivation and engagement among boys. We explored internal and external validity of 11 adaptive (e.g. self-efficacy for writing) and maladaptive (e.g. disengagement from writing) factors of writing motivation and engagement. The sample comprised 781 male…
Descriptors: Males, High School Students, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
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Wray-Lake, Laura; Sloper, Michelle A. – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Civic engagement is an important marker of thriving among adolescents, and more research is needed that clarifies the ecological assets (positive supports across settings) that foster youth civic engagement. Simultaneously modeling associations between multiple ecological assets and civic behaviors can provide a nuanced view of the way…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Volunteers, Political Attitudes, Correlation
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Lin, Ching-Hui – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of financial aid policies on student persistence between the first and second year at a private four-year postsecondary institution in Taiwan. A two-phase sequential research design was employed with priority was given to the quantitative data-structural equation modeling (SEM). While the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Academic Persistence, Undergraduate Students