A Brief Measure of Adolescent Perceptions of School Climate

Autor/inn/en	White, Nick; La Salle, Tamika; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Meyers, Joel
Titel	A Brief Measure of Adolescent Perceptions of School Climate
Quelle	In: School Psychology Quarterly, 29 (2014) 3, S.349-359 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-3830
DOI	10.1037/spq0000075
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Student Attitudes; Factor Analysis; Safety; Correlation; Academic Achievement; Middle School Students; Risk; Health Behavior; Measures (Individuals); Factor Structure; Gender Differences; Construct Validity; Bullying; Grade 6; Grade 8; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schülerverhalten; Faktorenanalyse; Sicherheit; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Messdaten; Faktorenstruktur; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mobbing; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	Student perceptions of school climate represent the ways students feel about the school environment. These include perceptions regarding safety, teaching and learning, and relationships within the school. It has been found that student perceptions of school climate are positively correlated with academic achievement (Brookover et al., 1978), and negatively correlated with risky behaviors (Bandyopadhyay, Cornell, & Konold, 2009; Bayar & Ucanok, 2012; Wang, Berry, & Swearer, 2013). The Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI) is a measure of student perceptions of school climate. The brevity of the 9-item instrument makes it ideal as a general measure that can be used to monitor student perceptions of school climate. The survey was anonymously administered to 130,968 sixth- and eighth-grade students in the state of Georgia. Cronbach's alpha for the scale was 0.71. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses verified the scale's structure. Student perceptions of climate from the GaBSCI varied based on race/ethnicity, gender, and grade. Additional support for the construct validity of the GaBSCI was obtained based on its relationships with several behaviors related to bullying, and the moderating effects of grade and gender on these relationships. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01