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Tesler, Riki; Harel-Fisch, Yossi; Baron-Epel, Orna – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Health promotion policies targeting risk-taking behaviors are being implemented across schools in Israel. This study identified the most effective components of these policies influencing cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption among adolescents. Methods: Logistic hierarchical linear model (HLM) analysis of data for 5279 students in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Adolescents, Risk, Foreign Countries
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King, Ronnel B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
Students have various social reasons for doing well in school (social-academic goals). However, most studies have focused on competence-oriented achievement goals with little attention paid to social-academic goals. This study aims to examine the role of social-academic goals in students' general well-being (Study 1) and socioemotional functioning…
Descriptors: Well Being, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Social Responsibility
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Van Der Wildt, Anouk; Van Avermaet, Piet; Van Houtte, Mieke – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
Societies have become super-diverse due to migration and globalization. Many mainstream classroom teachers feel managing the linguistic variety children bring to school is challenging. This often leads to restrictive language policies. Research on multilingualism has given us insight into the multilingual realities of pupils, which allows us to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Student School Relationship, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning