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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Commitment to School"”.
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Weak Commitment to School, Deviant Peers, and Cyberbullying Victimization-Strain in Adolescent Cyberbullying
… has taken off recently, more research is needed to discern cyberbullying behavior. This dissertation seeks to address whether weak commitment to school, deviant peers, and cyberbullying victimization-strain variables can explain cyberbullying offending. In addition, it attempts to explain the …
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Determinants of employer commitment to school-to-work programs : why do Boston's ProTech employers remain involved?
Work-based School-to-Work programs are being asked to help solve faltering labor market prospects for youth, national educational reform needs and decreasing U.S. economic competitiveness. In 1994, the Congress enacted the School-to-Work Opportunities Act to appropriate more than $2 billion over …
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AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, PEER AFFILIATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A STUDY OF PEER CLUSTER THEORY
The purpose of this study was to test whether the influence of after school activities upon school commitment and academic achievement among a sample of 146 African American adolescents was mediated by affiliation with prosocial peers. The study also examined whether risky peer affiliation mediated …
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Developing a school-based referral system: comparison of factors cited by school counselors and therapists
When school-based behavior problems are not solvable in short-term school counseling, referrals are often made to community therapists. The school-based referral process is described in the literature as an informal process aimed at matching clients' needs with therapist skills but the literature …
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Predictors of Affective Organizational Commitment Among High School Principals
… support, perceived fairness, and perceived autonomy in explaining affective organizational commitment among high school principals in the United States. Stepwise multiple regression was used to determine which independent variables explained a portion of the dependent variable, affective …
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A Juvenile Perspective: What Affects Attitudes Of African American, Hispanic, And White Youth Toward The Police.
… variables explaining the public's attitudes toward the police. The majority of studies on race and attitudes toward the police have explored differences between African Americans and Whites. The emphasis of previous research on Black-White comparisons has left unanswered many questions about …