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Yang, Chunyan; Chan, Meiki; Chen, Chun; Jimerson, Shane R. – School Psychology, 2021
To advance cross-country understanding of parental perceptions of school climate, this study examined the psychometric properties of the Delaware School Climate Survey--Home version (DSCS-H) and also compared the parental perception of school climate among Chinese (n = 999) and American (n = 1,251) parents. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Educational Environment, Psychometrics, Cultural Differences
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Yang, Chunyan; Chan, Mei-ki; Lin, Xueqin; Chen, Chun – Journal of School Violence, 2022
Guided by the social-ecological model, the present study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the multilevel associations between teacher victimization (TV), teacher burnout, and school climate. Participants were 1,711 teachers from 58 middle and high schools in mainland China. Using hierarchical linear modeling, the study found that upon…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, School Violence, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Nie, Qian; Yang, Chunyan; Teng, Zhaojun; Furlong, Michael J.; Pan, Yangu; Guo, Cheng; Zhang, Dajun – School Psychology, 2020
The protective role of students' perceptions of school climate against mental health problems has been supported in previous research, yet relatively little is known about the mechanism underlying school climate's influence on Chinese youths' depressive symptoms. Guided by the process--person-context-time model, this study examined the mediating…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Student Attitudes
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Teng, Zhaojun; Bear, George G.; Yang, Chunyan; Nie, Qian; Guo, Cheng – School Psychology, 2020
Although multiple cross-sectional studies have supported moral disengagement and school climate being associated with bullying perpetration, few have examined how these 3 factors interact with each other over time. Guided by the social-ecological theory and social-cognitive theory, a multilevel approach was used to examine the longitudinal…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, Ethics, Secondary School Students
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Chen, Chun; Yang, Chunyan; Chan, Meiki; Jimerson, Shane R. – School Psychology, 2020
To advance our scientific understanding about school climate and bullying victimization from the perspectives of both parents and cross-country comparisons, the present study examined the cross-country similarities and differences of the associations between overall school climate and 3 forms of bullying victimization between United States (U.S.;…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Bullying, Victims, Parent Attitudes
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Yang, Chunyan; Sharkey, Jill D.; Reed, Lauren A.; Dowdy, Erin – School Psychology, 2020
Although the psychological impacts of cyberbullying victimization (CBV) have been documented, research is inconclusive about the role of contextual factors in the association between CBV and student engagement. Sampling 16,237 adolescents from 43 schools in Delaware, we used multilevel modeling to test how CBV was associated with emotional and…
Descriptors: Victims, Bullying, Correlation, High School Students
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Bear, George G.; Yang, Chunyan; Chen, Dandan; He, Xianyou; Xie, Jia-Shu; Huang, Xishan – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine differences between American and Chinese students in their perceptions of school climate and engagement in school, and in the relation between school climate and engagement. Method: Confirmatory factor analyses were used to support the factor structure and measurement invariance of the two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Environment, Learner Engagement
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Yang, Chunyan; Sharkey, Jill D.; Reed, Lauren A.; Chen, Chun; Dowdy, Erin – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Bullying is the most common form of school violence and is associated with a range of negative outcomes, including traumatic responses. This study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the multilevel moderating effects of school climate and school level (i.e., elementary, middle, and high schools) on the association between bullying…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Educational Environment
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Bear, George G.; Holst, Bruna; Lisboa, Carolina; Chen, Dandan; Yang, Chunyan; Chen, Fang Fang – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2016
This study presents evidence of the validity and reliability of scores for the newly developed Brazilian Portuguese version of the Delaware School Climate Survey-Student (Brazilian DSCS-S). The sample consisted of 378 students, grades 5 through 9, attending four private and three public schools in southern Brazil. Confirmatory factor analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Scores
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Bear, George G.; Yang, Chunyan; Pell, Megan; Gaskins, Clare – Learning Environments Research, 2014
Based on theory and research on learning environments, the Delaware School Climate Survey-Teacher/Staff (DSCS-T/S) was developed to provide schools with a brief, psychometrically sound measure of teachers' perceptions of school climate. Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses, conducted on a sample of 5,781 teachers, support staff,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Psychometrics
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Bear, George G.; Yang, Chunyan; Pasipanodya, Elizabeth – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
The goal of this study was to develop a parent school climate survey of high practical utility, grounded in theory, and supported by evidence of the reliability of its scores and validity of the inferences for their use. The Delaware School Climate Survey-Home is comprised of seven factors: Teacher-Student Relations, Student-Student Relations,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Parent Attitudes, Surveys, Teacher Student Relationship
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Yang, Chunyan; Bear, George G.; Chen, Fang Fang; Zhang, Wei; Blank, Jessica C.; Huang, Xishan – School Psychology Quarterly, 2013
Although the construct of student climate has been studied extensively in the United States, we know little about how school climate is perceived in other countries. With large class sizes yet higher academic achievement and less disruptive and aggressive student behaviors, schools in China present a contrast to many schools in the United States.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior