Abstract Research supports the connection between engagement, achievement, and school behavior across levels of economic social advantage disadvantage. Despite increasing interest scientific findings, a number interrelated conceptual methodological issues must be addressed to advance this construct, particularly for designing data‐supported interventions that promote completion enhanced educational outcomes all students. Of particular concern is need (a) develop consensus on name (b)...

The 3-step method for estimating the effects of auxiliary variables (i.e., covariates and distal outcome) in mixture modeling provides a useful way to specify complex models. One benefits this is that measurement parameters model are not influenced by variable(s). In addition, it allows models involve multiple latent class be specified without each part influencing others. This article describes unique transition analysis where growth model. We highlight application study kindergarten...

Accurate assessment of bullying is essential to intervention planning and evaluation. Limitations many currently available self-report measures victimization include a lack psychometric information, use the emotionally laden term "bullying" in definition-first approaches surveys, not assessing all components definition (chronicity, intentionality, imbalance power) behavioral-based methods. To address these limitations, we developed California Bullying Victimization Scale (CBVS), which scale...

Abstract This study investigates the role of school connectedness in mediating relation between students' sense hope and life satisfaction for three groups: Bullied Victims, Peer Nonvictims. Students grades 5 to 12 ( N = 866) completed California Bully/Victim Scale, School Connectedness Children's Hope Students' Life Satisfaction Scale. Multigroup latent mean analysis revealed significant group differences hope, connectedness, satisfaction, supporting our bullying classification. structural...

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The purpose of this article is to clarify the historical and definitional roots school violence. Knowledge about issue has matured point where there a need refine definition violence, thereby positioning educators take next step in providing effective, broad-based solutions problem.The first section provides an overview boundary issues term "school violence" as used research applied prevention programs.The second presents what known occurrence violent related high-risk behaviors on campuses....

Abstract Planning is essential to creating safe schools and it required by the Federal No Child Left Behind legislation (U.S. Department of Education, 2004) implemented via district local education action plans. The implementation these plans involves continuous monitoring reevaluation information pertinent each campus. As such, this process facilitated availability measures that are simple administer, inexpensive, whose psychometric properties have been evaluated. California School Climate...

Abstract The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health's School Connectedness Scale (SCS) has been widely used in psychological, public health, and education research, but undergone limited psychometric analysis. This study the responses 500,800 junior senior high school students who completed biennial California Healthy Kids Survey, which includes SCS. results supported use SCS as a unidimensional measure showed that it acceptable reliability (α = .82 to .88) concurrent validity ( r...

Universal screening for complete mental health is proposed as a key step in service delivery reform to move school-based psychological services from the back of system front, which will increase emphasis on prevention, early intervention, and promotion. A sample 2,240 high school students participated schoolwide universal identify behavioral emotional distress well personal strengths. School psychologists, part multidisciplinary team, coordinated use these data engage preventive consultation...

School belonging, measured as a unidimensional construct, is an important predictor of negative affective problems in adolescents, including depression and anxiety symptoms. A recent study found that one such measure, the Psychological Sense Membership scale, actually comprises three factors: Caring Relations, Acceptance, Rejection. We explored relations these factors with affect longitudinal 504 Australian Grade 7 8 students. Each school belonging factor contributed to prediction...

Although issues and problems related to school violence have been indirectly addressed by psychologists through crisis intervention programs, suicide prevention/intervention, individual programs for antisocial aggressive youth, not played a major role in the current national agenda. This limited direct involvement is fact that leadership on this issue has provided historically professionals researchers juvenile justice field and, more recently, public health field. To date there articulation...

Abstract Obesity among children and adolescents is a major public health concern affecting the physical emotional of youth while increasing their risk reduced quality duration life. Schools communities have begun to galvanize address this epidemic need empirical information guide policy, programming, intervention efforts. This article reviews definition childhood obesity physical, psychosocial, academic consequences youth. The roles schools school psychologists in intervening against...

Schools are basically safe places for children. School violence and disruption, although in decline through the mid- to late 1990s, remains a concern. National surveys that inform research, policy, practice have been designed different purposes can present conflicting findings. Common standards of risk harm could advance policy lacking. Progress field school safety has hindered by lack coherent conceptual structure guide measurement research. This article identifies some methodological...

Despite its widespread use, there has been limited examination of the underlying factor structure Psychological Sense School Membership (PSSM) scale. The current study examined psychometric properties PSSM to refine utility for researchers and practitioners using a sample 504 Australian high school students. Results from exploratory confirmatory analyses indicated that is multidimensional instrument. Factor analysis procedures identified three factors representing related aspects students’...

This study examines the relations between student's perceptions of school connectedness and their self-reported rates victimization (physical, verbal, relational), as well perceived reasons for peer (ethnicity, sexuality). Data come from 8th-, 10th-, 12th-grade students who completed California Healthy Kids Survey part an evaluation a Safe School/Healthy Students project (N = 1,253). Multivariate analyses indicate that main effects both grade level are significant. Follow-up univariate...

Despite nationwide improvements in school safety, victimization at continues and affects the well-being of a significant number students. This study uses California Healthy Kids Survey, statewide surveillance instrument administered to students grades 7, 9, 11 (N = 70,600) address multiple experiences school. The authors identify subgroups based on experience; assess how perceptions being targeted due bias relate cluster membership; depression, grades, truancy, internal assets. Victimization...