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Article: Examining school connectedness as a mediator of school climate effects.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)
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- Youth Studies Australia
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- March 1, 2007
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A. Loukas, R. Suzuki & K.D. Horton, Journal of Research on Adolescence, v.16, n.3, 2006, pp.491-502.
Defined as 'the quality and frequency of interpersonal interactions', school climate is regarded as contributing to the behavioural and emotional adjustment of students. To examine the role of school connectedness as a mediator of the effects of school climate, researchers studied 489 10-14-year-old middle school students (51% female) from a suburban area of central Texas, USA. In the first wave of data collection, students completed questionnaires measuring their perceptions of aspects of school climate (cohesion, friction, competition among students and overall ...