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Individual and Contextual Predictors of Cyberbullying: The Influence of Children's Provictim Attitudes and Teachers' Ability to Intervene
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Elledge, L. Christian; Williford, Anne; Boulton, Aaron J.; DePaolis, Kathryn J.; Little, Todd D.; Salmivalli, Christina – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Electronic social communication has provided a new context for children to bully and harass their peers and it is clear that cyberbullying is a growing public health concern in the US and abroad. The present study examined individual and contextual predictors of cyberbullying in a sample of 16, 634 students in grades 3-5 and 7-8. Data were…
Descriptors: Public Health, Bullying, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Racial/Ethnic Socialization and Parental Involvement in Education as Predictors of Cognitive Ability and Achievement in African American Children
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Banerjee, Meeta; Harrell, Zaje A. T.; Johnson, Deborah J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Racial/ethnic socialization has not been studied in the context of other parenting behaviors such as parental involvement in education and its relationship to children's cognitive outcomes. The present study tested the impact of racial/ethnic socialization and parental involvement in education on cognitive ability and achievement in a sample of…
Descriptors: African American Children, Socialization, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Self-Esteem and Adjustment in Early Adolescence: A Social-Contextual Perspective.
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DuBois, David L.; Bull, Catherine A.; Sherman, Michelle D.; Roberts, Magie – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1998
Global self-esteem and social-contextual incongruity in factors contributing to the development and maintenance of self-esteem were studied as predictors of the emotional, behavioral, and academic adjustment of 213 young adolescents. Higher reported levels of global self-esteem were associated with more favorable scores on most measures of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Context Effect, Early Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment