Early reading skill profiles in typically developing and at-risk first grade readers to inform targeted early reading instruction
This study identified distinct, homogeneous latent profiles of at-risk (n = 141) and not at-risk (n = 149) first grade readers. Separate latent profile analyses were conducted with each subgroup using measures of phonological awareness, decoding, linguistic comprehension, and oral reading fluency. This study also examined which measures best differentiated the latent profiles. Finally, we examined differences on two measures of reading comprehension as a function of profile membership. Results showed two latent profiles of at-risk students and three latent profiles of not at-risk students. Latent profiles were gene...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
African American adolescents' gender and perceived school climate moderate how academic coping relates to achievement
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Jamie Amemiya, Ming-Te WangAbstractUsing stereotype threat and motivational resilience theories as the guiding frameworks, this study examined how African American adolescents' academic coping strategies (i.e., problem solving, help seeking, self-encouragement, comfort seeking, and commitment) were associated with academic achievement, and whether these associations varied by adolescents' gender and perceptions of school climate (i.e., school mastery goal structure and support for cultural pluralism). Data were collected from 274 African...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Losing and gaining friends: Does friendship instability compromise academic functioning in middle school?
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Leah M. Lessard, Jaana JuvonenAbstractExtending past research on the academic benefits of having close friends in early adolescence, the study examines how instability of friendships (i.e., losses and gains of friends) is related to academic engagement and performance in middle school. The sample was drawn from a longitudinal study of ethnically diverse youth across 26 middle schools (N = 5991). The results demonstrated that over two thirds of friends were either lost or gained during the first year in middle school. When controlling...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Associations among teachers' depressive symptoms and students' classroom instructional experiences in third grade
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Leigh McLean, Tashia Abry, Michelle Taylor, Carol McDonald ConnorAbstractRecent studies have established connections among teachers' mental health and student outcomes, however there is limited understanding of how these teacher characteristics manifest in the classroom to affect students. The present study informed this gap by examining the associations among third grade teachers' (N = 32) self-reported symptoms of clinical depression and their students' (N = 326) classroom instructional experiences. Eight student experiences de...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Longitudinal trends and year-to-year fluctuations in student–teacher conflict and closeness: Associations with aggressive behavior problems
This study applied a new methodology to determine whether year-to-year fluctuations in student–teacher conflict or closeness also predicted increased student aggression. 154 children were followed from Head Start preschools through elementary school. Early elementary teachers (kindergarten through third grade) rated the quality of conflict and closeness with students. Fifth grade teachers rated student aggression. Regression analyses revealed that year-to-year fluctuations in student–teacher conflict, along with mean levels of student–teacher conflict, each made unique contributions to fifth grade aggression, control...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mediating effects of emotion regulation strategies in the relations between stressful life events and life satisfaction in a longitudinal sample of early adolescents
Publication date: October 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 70Author(s): Zi Jia Ng, Eugene Scott Huebner, Kimberly Joy Hills, Robert Francis Valois (Source: Journal of School Psychology)
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Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Teacher support within an ecological model of adolescent development: Predictors of school engagement
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Daniel Quin, Jessica A. Heerde, John W. ToumbourouAbstractThere is a need to further understand the development of student engagement. Ecological models of adolescent development state that proximal factors, such as teacher support, should strongly influence student engagement. Theoretical models also explain concurrent influences from the individual, family, peer, and community contexts. The current study applied an ecological model to the development of five indicators of students' engagement in school. Six hundred and sixty-five full-...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Family dysfunction and anxiety in adolescents: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and perceived school stress
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Leilei Guo, Lili Tian, E. Scott HuebnerAbstractThis 18-month longitudinal study examined a moderated mediation model addressing the psychosocial mechanisms that account for the association between family dysfunction and anxiety. A sample of 847 Chinese early adolescents (M age = 12.96 years, SD = 0.67) completed questionnaires assessing family dysfunction, self-esteem, perceived school stress, and anxiety on three occasions at 6-month intervals. After gender and socioeconomic status were included as covariates, the results reve...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Boys' and girls' latent profiles of behavior and social adjustment in school: Longitudinal links with later student behavioral engagement and academic achievement?
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): E. Olivier, I. Archambault, V. DupéréAbstractUsing a person-centered approach, this study identified profiles of students exhibiting behavior and social adjustment problems in school. We conducted Latent Profile Analysis to identify these subgroups in a sample of 582 fifth and sixth graders. We found four profiles among girls—well-adjusted girls (66.10%); girls displaying externalizing behaviors and student–teacher conflict (4.75%); girls exhibiting internalizing behaviors and isolation from peers (10.17%); and girls with studentâ€...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The impact of stimulus preference, order-effects, and treatment component omission in evaluating treatment integrity
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Joanna E. Lomas Mevers, George H. Noell, Mindy Scheithauer, Sarah Miller, Jessica P. Alvarez, Aaron J. FischerAbstractPrior research on treatment integrity has focused either on the lack of measurement of the independent variable or on methods to increase overall levels of treatment integrity. Little research has focused on the effectiveness of common interventions when implemented with less than perfect integrity. The current investigation evaluated the effectiveness of using differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) and ...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: A large scale study of U.S. students in grades 3–11
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Susan P. Limber, Dan Olweus, Weijun Wang, Matthew Masiello, Kyrre BreivikAbstractThe purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate a large-scale implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program with children and youth in grades 3–11 in the U.S. Two major sets of analyses are presented, one following 210 schools over two years (Study 1; n = 70,998 at baseline) and the other following a subsample of 95 schools over three years (Study 2; n = 31,675 at baseline). Schools were located in 49 counties in central and...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The assessment of bystander intervention in bullying: Examining measurement invariance across gender
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Lyndsay N. Jenkins, Stephanie S. Fredrick, Amanda NickersonAbstractResearch on bystander intervention in bullying has indicated that prosocial helping behavior is not consistent across gender, with girls engaging in more bystander intervention; however, a search of the literature does not reveal any studies that have examined the validity of bystander intervention measurement across subpopulations. The purpose of the current study was to investigate measurement invariance across gender in both the elementary and middle school versions of...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Using latent profile and transition analyses to understand patterns of informant ratings of child depressive symptoms
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Keith C. Herman, Daniel Cohen, Wendy M. Reinke, Rick Ostrander, Lori Burrell, Elizabeth McFarlane, Anne K. DugganAbstractThe present study examined the latent profiles of child, parent, and teacher ratings of child depressive symptoms in a developmental sample of children from Hawaii at two time points (2nd and 3rd grade). The study attempted to identify patterns of agreement and discrepancy among raters and correlates of these patterns to test a new theory for understanding rating disagreements as Divergent Operations. Three profiles be...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Subjective well-being is reciprocally associated with academic engagement: A two-wave longitudinal study
Publication date: August 2018Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 69Author(s): Jesus Alfonso D. Datu, Ronnel B. KingAbstractPrevious studies have shown that subjective well-being promotes a wide range of adaptive psychological outcomes. However, the role of subjective well-being in the school context, as a potential facilitator of key academic outcomes, remains underexplored. The primary objective of this study was to examine the extent to which the different dimensions of subjective well-being—life satisfaction, positive affect, and (low levels of) negative affect—were associated with academic engagement throu...
Source: Journal of School Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
