Adolescent Protective Factors Related to Resilience: Issues of Academic Self-Efficacy, Parental Involvement, and Special Education Status

<p>The predictive value of three constructs was examined in this study in order to explain adolescent self-reported protective factors associated with resilience while moderating for the effects of sex and race. The three constructs included Academic Self-efficacy, Maternal Parental Involvement, and Special Education Identification Status. Participants included 54 adolescents in diverse public middle and high schools, ages 11 to 18. Twenty of these participants were identified as receiving special education services while 34 did not. Results indicated that adolescent perceptions of Academic Self-efficacy significantly predicted protective factors associated with resilience while Special Education Identification Status and Maternal Parental Involvement did not add significantly to the prediction. In addition, the moderating effects of sex and race did not add to the regression model, indicating that these constructs had little predictive effect on any of the predictor variables. Implications for enhancing the efficacy of school-based social emotional programming and services for at-risk adolescent youth are discussed in light of these results. Specifically, improving skills related to academic self-efficacy may be more beneficial for fostering protective factors associated with resilience in an adolescent age group.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Cruz, Bethdalie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gloria Miller, Ph.D.
• Kathy Green
• Cynthia Hazel
• Julie Laser

• Academic self-efficacy
• Adolescents
• Parental involvement
• Protective factors
• Resilience
• Special education
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational Psychology

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1520

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-2520