TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of student perceptions of school climate on socioemotional and academic adjustment
T2 - A comparison of chinese and american adolescents
AU - Jia, Yueming
AU - Way, Niobe
AU - Ling, Guangming
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
AU - Chen, Xinyin
AU - Hughes, Diane
AU - Ke, Xiaoyan
AU - Lu, Zuhong
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - This study explored students' perceptions of 3 dimensions of school climate (teacher support, student-student support, and opportunities for autonomy in the classroom) and the associations between these dimensions and adolescent psychological and academic adjustment in China and the United States. Data were drawn from 2 studies involving 706 middle school students (M = 12.26) from Nanjing, China, and 709 middle school students (M = 12.36) from New York City. Findings revealed that students in China perceived higher levels of teacher support, student-student support, and opportunities for autonomy in the classroom than students in the United States. Furthermore, students' perceptions of teacher support and student-student support were positively associated with adolescents' self-esteem and grade point average but negatively associated with depressive symptoms for both Chinese and American adolescents.
AB - This study explored students' perceptions of 3 dimensions of school climate (teacher support, student-student support, and opportunities for autonomy in the classroom) and the associations between these dimensions and adolescent psychological and academic adjustment in China and the United States. Data were drawn from 2 studies involving 706 middle school students (M = 12.26) from Nanjing, China, and 709 middle school students (M = 12.36) from New York City. Findings revealed that students in China perceived higher levels of teacher support, student-student support, and opportunities for autonomy in the classroom than students in the United States. Furthermore, students' perceptions of teacher support and student-student support were positively associated with adolescents' self-esteem and grade point average but negatively associated with depressive symptoms for both Chinese and American adolescents.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01348.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01348.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19765015
AN - SCOPUS:70349207125
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 80
SP - 1514
EP - 1530
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 5
ER -