ERIC Number: EJ1378539
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0279-6015
EISSN: EISSN-2372-966X
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In-School and Out-of-School Suspension: Behavioral and Psychological Outcomes in a Predominately Black Sample of Middle School Students
Daniel R. Cohen; Crystal Lewis; Colleen L. Eddy; Lauren Henry; Caroline Hodgson; Francis L. Huang; Wendy M. Reinke; Keith C. Herman
School Psychology Review, v52 n1 p1-14 2023
The use of suspension practices is extremely widespread but few studies have examined the behavioral and psychological outcomes associated with their application. Using a predominantly Black sample of 788 middle school students from the Midwestern United States, the current study evaluates the relations between in-school suspensions (ISS) and out-of-school suspensions (OSS) received during the course of the school year and student self-efficacy, engagement, prosocial behavior, emotion regulation, concentration, internalizing problems, and disruptive behavior based on student and teacher ratings collected at the end of the school year. Regression models were used to evaluate associations between the total number of ISS and OSS exposures on end of school year outcome measures controlling for beginning of school year measures and demographic characteristics. Results indicated that ISS and OSS are both associated with less prosocial behavior, lower levels of emotion regulation, and a greater extent of disruptive behavior and concentration problems at the end of the school year, even after controlling for these behaviors at the start of the school year. Implications of the potential impacts and distribution of suspension practices are discussed. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED625979.]
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Blacks, African American Students, Suspension, Prosocial Behavior, Emotional Response, Self Control, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Attention Control, Self Efficacy, Depression (Psychology)
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Related Records: ED625979
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A130143
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