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Citation

Huang FL, Cornell DG, Konold T, Meyer JP, Lacey A, Nekvasil EK, Heilbrun A, Shukla KD. J. Sch. Health 2015; 85(12): 843-851.

Affiliation

Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Ruffner Hall 153, 405 Emmet St South, Charlottesville, VA 22904. kds5un@virginia.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American School Health Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/josh.12340

PMID

26522173

Abstract

BACKGROUND: School climate is well recognized as an important influence on student behavior and adjustment to school, but there is a need for theory-guided measures that make use of teacher perspectives. Authoritative school climate theory hypothesizes that a positive school climate is characterized by high levels of disciplinary structure and student support.

METHODS: A teacher version of the Authoritative School Climate Survey (ASCS) was administered to a statewide sample of 9099 7th- and 8th-grade teachers from 366 schools. The study used exploratory and multilevel confirmatory factor analyses (MCFA) that accounted for the nested data structure and allowed for the modeling of the factor structures at 2 levels.

RESULTS: Multilevel confirmatory factor analyses conducted on both an exploratory (Nā€‰=ā€‰4422) and a confirmatory sample (Nā€‰=ā€‰4677) showed good support for the factor structures investigated. Factor correlations at 2 levels indicated that schools with greater levels of disciplinary structure and student support had higher student engagement, less teasing and bullying, and lower student aggression toward teachers.

CONCLUSIONS: The teacher version of the ASCS can be used to assess 2 key domains of school climate and associated measures of student engagement and aggression toward peers and teachers.


Language: en

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