Testing the Causal Links between School Climate, School Violence, and School Academic Performance: A Cross-Lagged Panel Autoregressive Model
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| Title: | Testing the Causal Links between School Climate, School Violence, and School Academic Performance: A Cross-Lagged Panel Autoregressive Model |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Benbenishty, Rami, Astor, Ron Avi, Roziner, Ilan, Wrabel, Stephani L. |
| Source: | Educational Researcher. Apr 2016 45(3):197-206. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Correlation, Educational Environment, Surveys, Violence, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Victims, Educational Change, Social Environment, Structural Equation Models, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Statistical Analysis |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| DOI: | 10.3102/0013189X16644603 |
| ISSN: | 0013-189X |
| Abstract: | The present study explores the causal link between school climate, school violence, and a school's general academic performance over time using a school-level, cross-lagged panel autoregressive modeling design. We hypothesized that reductions in school violence and climate improvement would lead to schools' overall improved academic performance. School-level secondary analysis of the California Healthy Kids Survey was conducted at three points in time. Findings offer credible evidence that a school's overall improvement in academic performance is a central causal factor in reducing violence and enhancing a school's climate. In the discussion, we suggest that when strong efforts to improve academics are taken, schools may tend to include issues of climate and victimization as part of those academic reform efforts. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 54 |
| Entry Date: | 2016 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1098083 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The present study explores the causal link between school climate, school violence, and a school's general academic performance over time using a school-level, cross-lagged panel autoregressive modeling design. We hypothesized that reductions in school violence and climate improvement would lead to schools' overall improved academic performance. School-level secondary analysis of the California Healthy Kids Survey was conducted at three points in time. Findings offer credible evidence that a school's overall improvement in academic performance is a central causal factor in reducing violence and enhancing a school's climate. In the discussion, we suggest that when strong efforts to improve academics are taken, schools may tend to include issues of climate and victimization as part of those academic reform efforts. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-189X |
| DOI: | 10.3102/0013189X16644603 |
