School engagement is an important theoretical and practical cornerstone to the promotion of
school completion. The current study explores the influences of childhood peer relationships …

Using data from 1,676 youth who participated in three waves (Grades 6 to 8) of the
longitudinal, 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, we tested two series of hierarchal …

Students who are not motivated and do not try to do well are unlikely to achieve consistent
with their abilities. This research assesses the relationships over time between school …

School engagement has long been seen as an important component of school completion,
and research shows that social support in the home and school promotes engagement …

This study investigated the relationships among demographics, parent and peer attachment,
school satisfaction, and student engagement behavior in a 1‐year longitudinal study of …

This study examined the relative influence of adolescents' supportive relationships with
teachers, peers, and parents on trajectories of different dimensions of school engagement …

In a sample of 527 academically at‐risk youth, we investigated trajectories of friends' and
parents' school involvement across ages 12–14 and the joint contributions of these …

Family school engagement practices (eg, family school partnerships and parental
involvement) are empirically supported across academic and social-behavioral domains …

The present study examined influences of sixth-grade student-reported parent educational
involvement on early adolescent peer group affiliations at seventh and eighth grade. In …

This volume brings together an impressive array of respected scholars to examine the varied
and complex ways in which peers influence adolescents' beliefs and behaviors in the school …