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Testing the Causal Links Between School Climate, School Violence, and School Academic Performance

A Cross-Lagged Panel Autoregressive Model

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ID9730847
AuthorsRami Benbenishty (0000-0003-4041-9650, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, corresponding author), Ron Avi Astor (0000-0003-0625-7061, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA), Ilan Roziner (0000-0003-1282-4368, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel), Stephani L Wrabel (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue3
Pages197-206
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x16644603
OpenAlexW2341085573
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited36

The present study explores the causal link between school climate, school violence, and a school’s general academic performance over time using a school-level, cross-lagged panel autoregressive modeling design. We hypothesized that reductions in school violence and climate improvement would lead to schools’ overall improved academic performance. School-level secondary analysis of the California Healthy Kids Survey was conducted at three points in time. Findings offer credible evidence that a school’s overall improvement in academic performance is a central causal factor in reducing violence and enhancing a school’s climate. In the discussion, we suggest that when strong efforts to improve academics are taken, schools may tend to include issues of climate and victimization as part of those academic reform efforts

Academic achievement · Causal model · Mathematics education · School climate · School violence · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Education Discipline and Inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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