A Tobit Regression Analysis of the Covariation between Middle School Students' Perceived School Climate and Behavioral Problems

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Ming-Te; Selman, Robert L.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Stormshak, Elizabeth A.
Titel	A Tobit Regression Analysis of the Covariation between Middle School Students' Perceived School Climate and Behavioral Problems
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20 (2010) 2, S.274-286 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00648.x
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Discipline; Regression (Statistics); Probability; Student Attitudes; Adolescents; Educational Environment; Behavior Problems; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Disziplin; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Schülerverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	This study uses an ecological framework to examine how adolescents' perceptions of school climate in 6th grade covary with the probability and frequency of their engagement in problem behaviors in 7th and 8th grades. Tobit analysis was used to address the issue of having a highly skewed outcome variable with many zeros and yet account for censoring. The 677 participating students from 8 schools were followed from 6th through 8th grade. The proportions of students reporting a positive school climate perception decreased over the middle school years for both genders, while the level of problem behavior engagement increased. The findings suggested that students who perceived higher levels of school discipline and order or more positive student-teacher relationships were associated with lower probability and frequency of subsequent behavioral problems. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10