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A longitudinal study of school adjustment in urban, minority adolescents: Effects of a high school transition program
Author(s) -
Reyes Olga,
Gillock Karen,
Kobus Kimberly
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf02506870
Subject(s) - health psychology , transition (genetics) , public health , psychology , longitudinal study , developmental psychology , medicine , nursing , chemistry , pathology , biochemistry , gene
Abstract Described an intervention program designed to prepare elementary school (K‐8) eighth‐grade students for their transition to high school the following year. Participants in the study were 145, predominantly Hispanic, inner‐city public school adolescents. The experimental group received an augmented condition, consisting of Education and Peer Support Components. The control group received a minimal condition consisting of only the Education Component. While no group effects were observed, time effects indicated experimental and control students' improved perceptions of school readiness, but deteriorated perceptions of support from both home and school and diminished grade‐point averages and attendance. Time effects also revealed variable changes in school perceptions. Findings are discussed in terms of a developmental perspective of the school transition process. Implications for high school transition programming with the target population and directions for future research are also addressed.