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Phillips, Deborah A.; Anderson, Sara; Gormley, William T., Jr. – Applied Developmental Science, 2018
To examine associations between participation in Tulsa's preschool programs and a set of middle-school attitudes, we used propensity score weighting to compare the Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) pre-K participants and, separately, the Community Action Project (CAP) Head Start participants to students who had attended neither TPS pre-K nor Head Start…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preschool Education, Middle School Students, Comparative Analysis
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Norris, Alyssa L.; McGuire, Jenifer K.; Stolz, Cheryl – Applied Developmental Science, 2018
Students targeted by homophobic discrimination are at risk for poor academic outcomes, yet few studies have examined how witnessing discrimination affects students. This study examined the impact of direct and indirect experiences of heterosexism on feelings of safety, belongingness, and connectedness among a sample of 1,702 students at a public…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Bias, At Risk Students, Social Discrimination
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Niehaus, Kate; Adelson, Jill L.; Sejuit, Aubrey; Zheng, Jiali – Applied Developmental Science, 2017
This study examined the extent to which socioemotional well-being mediated the relationship between language status and achievement, while exploring variability in this relationship based on informant (student versus teacher reports of socioemotional problems) and native language background (Spanish-speaking English language learners [ELLs] versus…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Children