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Positive Transition to Middle School: A Multilevel Model Analysis of a Portuguese School Adjustment Program
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Coelho, Vítor Alexandre; Sousa, Vanda; Marchante, Marta – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2018
Transition to middle school in Portugal is associated with increased levels of stress for students, as well as an increase in grade retention. This study investigated the impact of a school adjustment program designed to support students during this transition, and its differential results by gender and fourth-grade class size. Multilevel linear…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries
Concurrent and Predictive Associations between Early Adolescent Perceptions of Peer Affiliates and Mood States Collected in Real Time via Ecological Momentary Assessment Methodology
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Rusby, Julie C.; Westling, Erika; Crowley, Ryann; Light, John M. – Psychological Assessment, 2013
This study uses ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to simultaneously capture youths' perceptions of peer affiliates and social contexts to determine their association with youths' current and future mood states. A sample of 82 seventh grade students (36 at risk for developing or escalating rule breaking and substance use and 46 randomly…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Peer Influence
The Context of Ethnicity: Peer Victimization and Adjustment Problems in Early Adolescence
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Hoglund, Wendy L. G.; Hosan, Naheed E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
The current study bridges research on peer relational and physical victimization with research on ethnic victimization and situates this research in the context of ethnic diversity. Specifically, the authors investigate how ethnic, relational, and physical victimization relate to concurrent levels of depression/anxiety and physical aggression and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims, Bullying, Ethnic Groups