Assessing the Transitions to Middle and High School

By B. Barber, Joseph A. Olsen. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education

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Authoritative School Climate and Student Academic Engagement, Grades, and Aspirations in Middle and High Schools (2016, background): “A body of research has examined the idea that a supportive school climate can ameliorate the developmental stresses of early adolescence and protect against a decline in academic motivation and achievement (Barber & Olsen, 2004; Wang & Eccles, 2013).”
Perceived Challenge, Teacher Support, and Teacher Obstruction as Predictors of Student Engagement (2017, background): “First, the transition to high school is often fraught with academic difficulty, loss of motivation, and frustration (Barber & Olsen, 2004; Benner & Graham, 2009; Eccles & Roeser, 2009).”
Social Withdrawal in Childhood (2009, unknown): “These transitions may be particularly difficult for socially withdrawn youngsters because of the stress associated with meeting unfamiliar peers (Barber & Olsen, 2004); at the same time, such transitions may prove to be a protective turning point, in that it may provide an opportunity to break free…”
Adults make a difference: the protective effects of parent and teacher emotional support on emotional and behavioral problems of peer‐victimized adolescents (2010, background): “For instance, Barber and Olsen (2004) investigated patterns in perceived changes in the school climate and in teacher support on adolescent psychological functioning by following fifth-grade students over Journal of Community Psychology DOI: 10.1002/jcop a 4-year period, two of which involved a…”
Parental Involvement in Middle School: A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Strategies That Promote Achievement (2009, background): “In the context of such changes and development, adolescents’ academic performance often declines (Barber & Olsen, 2004; Eccles, 2004; Gutman & Midgley, 2000), while at the same time, the long-term implications of achievement for educational and occupational attainment increase (Eccles & Harold,…”
Student Discipline Problems and the Transition From Elementary to Middle School (2010, background): “Studies have linked the transition to middle school with negative educational outcomes (Alspaugh, 1998) as well as declines in student motivation, functioning, and attitudes toward school (Anderman, 1996; Barber & Olsen, 2004; Harter, 1981; Simmons & Blyth, 1987).”
Preventing Symptoms of Depression by Teaching Adolescents That People Can Change (2015, background): “…such as peer exclusion, rumormongering, and other forms of social aggression, are nearly ubiquitous— as in the transition to high school (Barber & Olsen, 2004; Crosnoe, 2011)—then there will be a greater tendency for many teens to engage in thoughts that could increase vulnerability to…”
Profiles of the Sources of Science Self-Efficacy. (2013, background): “…in which there is a wealth of efficacy-confirming information to one in which they tend to receive little individual attention and feedback, to be anxious about their performance on high-stakes tests, and to compare themselves to the relative ability levels of others (Barber & Olsen, 2004).”
Parental involvement in education during middle school: Perspectives of ethnically diverse parents, teachers, and students (2018, background): “Also, even in middle schools that include Grade 6, adolescent functioning declines at Grade 7, as the number of teachers and classes increase (Barber & Olsen, 2004).”
“Show Me an Ounce of Respect” (2008, background): “…University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400277, Charlottesville, VA 22903; e-mail: nancyd@virginia.edu. and recent research points to the importance of supportive nonfamilial adults as well (Barber & Olsen, 2004; DuBois & Karcher, 2005; Fredriksen & Rhodes, 2004; Noam & Fiore, 2004; Rhodes, 2002).”
Parent involvement and academic outcomes among urban adolescents: examining the role of school engagement (2016, background): “…academic achievement; middle school; urban adolescents Early adolescence is a time when many youth experience declines in academic achievement (Barber & Olsen, 2004; Dotterer, Lowe, & McHale, 2013) and urban adolescents are particularly at-risk because of the additional pressures these youth…”
Primary–secondary transition: Differences between teachers’ and children’s perceptions (2011, background): “Barber and Olsen (2004) noted increased loneliness and depression and decreased initiatives with peers.”
A Theoretically Grounded Exploration of the Social and Emotional Outcomes of Transition to Secondary School (2012, background): “…of participating in antisocial behaviours that may jeopardise social relationships, such as bullying (Akos et al., 2005 Cauley & Jovanovich, 2006; Barber & Olsen, 2004; Brinthaupt et al., 2007; Duchesne, Ratelle, Poitras, & Drouin, 2009; Hamm, Farmer, Dadisman, Gravelle, & Murray, 2011; Parker,…”