@article{ref1,
title="School climate, peer victimization, and academic achievement: results from a multi-informant study",
journal="School psychology quarterly",
year="2014",
author="Wang, Weijun and Vaillancourt, Tracy and Brittain, Heather L. and McDougall, Patricia and Krygsman, Amanda and Smith, David and Cunningham, Charles E. and Haltigan, J. D. and Hymel, Shelley",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="360-377",
abstract="School-level school climate was examined in relation to self-reported peer victimization and teacher-rated academic achievement (grade point average; GPA). Participants included a sample of 1,023 fifth-grade children nested within 50 schools. Associations between peer victimization, school climate, and GPA were examined using multilevel modeling, with school climate as a contextual variable. Boys and girls reported no differences in victimization by their peers, although boys had lower GPAs than girls. Peer victimization was related to lower GPA and to a poorer perception of school climate (individual-level), which was also associated with lower GPA. <br><br>RESULTS of multilevel analyses revealed that peer victimization was again negatively associated with GPA, and that lower school-level climate was associated with lower GPA. Although no moderating effects of school-level school climate or sex were observed, the relation between peer victimization and GPA remained significant after taking into account (a) school-level climate scores, (b) individual variability in school-climate scores, and (c) several covariates-ethnicity, absenteeism, household income, parental education, percentage of minority students, type of school, and bullying perpetration. These findings underscore the importance of a positive school climate for academic success and viewing school climate as a fundamental collective school outcome. <br><br>RESULTS also speak to the importance of viewing peer victimization as being harmfully linked to students' academic performance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1045-3830",
doi="10.1037/spq0000084",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000084"
}