A multilevel analysis of student perceptions of school climate: The effect of social and academic risk factors

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 632-647

  Fan, Weihua ^a   Williams, Cathy M ^a   Corkin, Danya Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957933469     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20579     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Anderson, C. S. (1982). The search for school climate: A review of the research. Review of Educational Research, 53, 368-420.
2. Bandura, A. (2001). Social cognitive theory: An agentic perspective. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 1-26.
3. Barton, P. (2006). The dropout problem: Losing ground. Educational Leadership, 63(5), 14-18.
4. Battistich, V., Solomon, D., Kim, D., & Watson, M. (1995). Schools as communities, poverty levels of student populations, and students' attitudes, motives, and performance: A multilevel analysis. American Educational Research Journal, 32(3), 627-658.
5. Brand, S., & Felner, R. D. (1996). Perceived ecological congruence across family/school environments: Impact on the consistency of behavioral patterns and adaptation among children and youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 160-174.
6. Brand, S., Felner, R., Shim, M., Seitsinger, A., & Dumas, T. (2003). Middle school improvement and reform: Development and validation of a school-level assessment of climate, cultural pluralism, and school safety. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(3), 570-588.
7. Bryk, A., & Raudenbush, S. W. (1992). Hierarchical linear models for social and behavioral research: Applications and data analysis methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
8. Cohen, J., McCabe, E., Michelli, N., & Pickeral, T. (2009). School climate: Research, policy, practice, and teacher education. Teachers College Record, 111(1), 180-213.
9. Coleman, J. S., & Hoffer, T. (1987). Public and private high schools: The impact of communities. New York: Basic Books.
10. Coker, J., & Borders, L. (2001). An analysis of environmental and social factors affecting adolescent problem drinking. Journal of Counseling & Development, 79(2), 200-208.
11. Eccles, J., & Wigfield, A. (1993). Negative effects of traditional middle schools on students' motivation. Elementary School Journal, 93(5), 553.
12. Farkas, G., Grobe, R. P., Sheehan, D., & Shuan, Y. (1990). Cultural resources and school success: Gender, ethnicity, and poverty groups within an urban school district. American Sociological Review, 55, 127-142.
13. Felner, R. D., Aber, M. S., Primavera, J., & Cauce, A. M. (1985). Adaptation and vulnerability in high-risk adolescents: An examination of environmental mediators. American Journal of Community Psychology, 13, 365-379.
14. Fischer, M. J. (2010). Immigrant educational outcomes in new destinations: An exploration of high school attrition. Social Science Research, 39(4), 627-641.
15. Furlong, M. J., Greif, J. L., Bates, M. P., Whipple, A. D., Jimenez, T. C., & Morrison, R. (2005). Development of the California School Climate and Safety Survey-short form. Psychology in the Schools, 42, 137-149.
16. Griffith, J. (1999). School climate as 'social order' and 'social action': A multi-level analysis of public elementary school student perceptions. Social Psychology of Education, 2, 339-369.
17. Griffith, J. (2000). School climate as group evaluation and group consensus: Student and parent perceptions of the elementary school environment. Elementary School Journal, 101, 35-61.
18. Guang, G. (1998). The timing of the influences of cumulative poverty on children's cognitive ability and achievement. Social Forces, 77(1), 257-287.
19. Gutman, L. M., Sameroff, A. J., & Eccles, J. S. (2002). The academic achievement of African American students during early adolescence: An examination of multiple risk, promotive, and protective factors. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 367-399.
20. Haynes, N. M., Emmons, C., & Comer, J. P. (1993). Elementary and middle school climate survey. New Haven, CT. Yale University Child Study Center.
21. Hess, R., & D'Amato, R. (1996). High school completion among Mexican-American children: Individual and family background variables. School Psychology Quarterly, 11(4), 353-368.
22. Hoge, D. R., Smit, E. K., & Hanson, S. L. (1990). School experiences predicting changes in self-esteem of sixth- and seventh-grade students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 117-127.
23. Jimerson, S. R., Pletcher, S. M., Graydon, K., Schnurr, B. L., Nickerson, A. B., & Kundeii, D. K. (2006). Beyond grade retention and social promotion: Promoting the social and academic competence of students. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 85-97.
24. King, G., Honaker, J., Joseph, A., & Scheve, K. (2001). Analyzing incomplete political science data: An alternative algorithm for multiple imputation. American Political Science Review, 95(1), 49.
25. Koth, C. W., Bradshaw, C. P., & Leaf, P. J. (2008). A multilevel study of predictors of student perceptions of school climate: The effect of classroom-level factors. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 96-104.
26. Kuperminc, G. P., Leadbeater, B. J., & Blatt, S. J. (2001). School social climate and individual differences in vulnerability to psychopathology among middle school students. Journal of School Psychology, 39, 141-159.
27. Kuperminc, G. P., Leadbeater, B. J., Emmons, C., & Blatt, S. J. (1997). Perceived school climate and difficulties in the social adjustment of middle school students. Applied Developmental Science, 1, 76-88.
28. Lee, V. L., & Burkam, D. T. (2003). Dropping out of high school: The role of school organization and structure. American Educational Research Journal, 40(2), 353-393.
29. Lubienski, S. T., & Lubienski, C. (2006). School sector and academic achievement: A multilevel analysis of NAEP mathematics data. American Educational Research Journal, 43(4), 651-698.
30. McNeely, C. A., Nonnemaker, J. M., & Blum, R. W. (2002). Promoting school connectedness: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Journal of School Health, 72, 138-146.
31. Mitchell, M. M., Bradshaw, C. P., & Leaf, P. J. (2010). Student and teacher perceptions of school climate: A multilevel exploration of patterns of discrepancy. Journal of School Health, 80(6), 271-279.
32. Mok, M., & McDonald, R. (1994). Quality of school life: A scale to measure student experience or school climate? Educational & Psychological Measurement, 54(2), 483.
33. National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). Education longitudinal study of 2002: base year data file user's manual. Washington, DC: Author.
34. Phelan, W. T. (1992). Building bonds to high school graduation: Dropout intervention with seventh and eighth graders. Middle School Journal, 24(2), 33-35.
35. Purkey, S., & Smith, M. (1983). Effective schools: A review. Elementary School Journal, 83, 427-452.
36. Randolph, K., Fraser, M., & Orthner, D. (2004). Educational resilience among youth at risk. Substance Use & Misuse, 39(5), 747-767.
37. Raudenbush, S. W., & Bryk, A. S. (2002). Hierarchical linear models (2nd ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
38. Reid, K. (1983). Retrospection and persistent school absenteeism. Educational Research, 25(2), 110-115.
39. Roeser, R. W., & Eccles, J. S. (1998). Adolescents' perceptions of middle school: Relation to longitudinal changes in academic and psychological adjustment. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8, 123-158.
40. Rogers, C. R. (1951). Perceptual reorganization in client-centered therapy. In R. R. Blake & G. V. Ramsey (Eds.), Perception: An approach to personality (pp. 307-327). New York: Ronald Press.
41. Rouse, H. L., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2009). Multiple risks and educational well being: A population-based investigation of threats to early school success. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24, 1-14.
42. Rowan, B., Raudenbush, S., & Kang, S. (1991). Organizational design in high schools: A multilevel analysis. American Journal of Education, 99(2), 238-266.
43. Rumberger, R. (1987). High school dropouts: A review of issues and evidence. Review of Educational Research, 57(2), 101-22.
44. Rumberger, R. W. (1995). Dropping out of middle school: A multilevel analysis of students and schools. American Educational Research Journal, 32(3), 583-625.
45. Rumberger, R., & Larson, K. (1998). Student mobility and the increased risk of high school dropout. American Journal of Education, 107(1), 1-35.
46. Sirotnik, K. (1980). Psychometric implications of the unit-of-analysis problem (with examples from the measurement of organizational climate). Journal of Educational Measurement, 17(4), 245-282.
47. Sommer, B. (1985). What's different about truants? A comparison study of eighth graders. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 14, 411-422.
48. Stewart, E. B. (2007). School structural characteristics, student effort, peer associations, and parental involvement: The influence of school- and individual-level factors on academic achievement. Education and Urban Society, 40, 179-204.
49. Van Horn, M. L. (2003). Assessing the unit of measurement for school climate through psychometric and outcome analyses of the school climate survey. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 63, 1002-1019.
50. Verkuyten, M., & Thus, J. (2002). School satisfaction of elementary school children: The role of performance, peer relations, ethnicity and gender. Social Indicators Research, 59, 203-228.
51. Vieno, A., Perkins, D. D., Smith, T. M., & Santinello, M. (2005). Democratic school climate and sense of community in school: A multilevel analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 327-341.
52. Wilson, D. (2004). The interface of school climate and school connectedness and relationships with aggression and victimization. Journal of School Health, 74, 293-299.
53. Zullig, K., Koopman, T., Patton, J., & Ubbes, V. (2010). School climate: Historical review, instrument development, and school assessment. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 28(2), 139-152.