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Middle School as a Developmental Niche for Civic Engagement

dc.contributor.authorGuillaume, Castaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJagers, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorRivas-Drake, Deborahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-04T20:51:39Z
dc.date.available2017-02-01T18:21:45Zen
dc.date.issued2015-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationGuillaume, Casta; Jagers, Robert; Rivas-Drake, Deborah (2015). "Middle School as a Developmental Niche for Civic Engagement." American Journal of Community Psychology 56(3-4): 268-279.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-0562en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2770en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/116321
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated how school climate, school connectedness and academic efficacy beliefs inform emergent civic engagement behaviors among middle school youth of color. These associations were examined both concurrently and longitudinally using a developmentally appropriate measure of civic engagement. Data were drawn from two subsamples of a larger study of social/emotional development in middle school (cross‐sectional sample n = 324; longitudinal sample n = 232), M = 12 years old, 46 % female, 53 % male. Forty‐two percent (42.2 %) of the sample self‐identified as African American, 19.8 % as Multiracial or Mixed, 19.4 % as Latino, 11.6 % as Asian American or Pacific Islander, 11.6 % identified as Other, and 5.2 % as Native American. The study tested and found support for a latent mediation model in which more positive perceptions of school climate were positively related to school connectedness, and this in turn, was positively associated with civic engagement; school climate was also positively associated with academic‐self‐efficacy beliefs, but such beliefs did not mediate the climate‐civic engagement association. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.en_US
dc.publisherSpringer USen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherSchool belongingen_US
dc.subject.otherDevelopmental nicheen_US
dc.subject.otherSchool climateen_US
dc.subject.otherEarly adolescenceen_US
dc.subject.otherCivic engagementen_US
dc.titleMiddle School as a Developmental Niche for Civic Engagementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116321/1/ajcp9759.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10464-015-9759-2en_US
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Journal of Community Psychologyen_US
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