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Cappella, Elise; Schwartz, Kate; Hill, Jennifer; Kim, Ha Yeon; Seidman, Edward – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study evaluates the effect of attending a U.S. public middle or junior high school as compared with a K-8 school on eighth graders' academic and psychosocial outcomes. In a national sample, we conducted propensity score weighted regression analysis. Initial findings indicated that for eighth-grade students, attending a middle or junior high…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Academic Achievement, Competence
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Seidman, Edward; Lambert, Laura E.; Allen, LaRue; Aber, J. Lawrence – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2003
Explored the role of perceived daily hassles, social support, and involvement with family leisure activities among racially/ethnically diverse, poor, urban adolescents transitioning to junior high school. Found that adolescents who perceived fewer daily hassles and more family involvement prior to transition appeared less vulnerable to self-esteem…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Early Adolescents, Family Relationship, Junior High School Students