ERIC Number: EJ1202298
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jan
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
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Suspended Attitudes: Exclusion and Emotional Disengagement from School
Pyne, Jaymes
Sociology of Education, v92 n1 p59-82 Jan 2019
We know far less about the unintended social-psychological consequences of out-of-school suspensions on students than we do of the academic, behavioral, and civic consequences. Drawing on theories of socialization and deviance, I explore how suspension events influence students' emotional engagement in school through changes in their attitudes. Using longitudinal middle school survey data connected to individual student administrative records, I find that students who receive out-of-school suspensions are psychologically vulnerable prior to their removal from school. Accounting for demographic characteristics of students, prior year disciplinary involvement, and students' beginning-of-year attitudes, I find suspensions might further harm students by negatively changing their academic identities and perceptions of adults in school. A series of robustness checks add nuance and strengthen the claims I infer from the main analyses. I close by discussing how the engagement-related consequences of suspension inform social theory and educational policy.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Suspension, Emotional Response, Learner Engagement, Attitude Change, Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Student Characteristics, Discipline, Labeling (of Persons), Urban Schools, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology), Limited English Speaking, Disabilities, Low Income Students, Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A110136; R305C050055
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