The transition from primary to secondary education is one of the most stressful events in a
young person's life and can have a negative impact on psychological well-being and …

Considerable strides have been made in the past decade in recognizing the centrality of the
cultural context of schooling to adolescent development. In this review, adopting a …

Work on the development of children's achievement motivation and engagement has
flourished since the sixth edition of this Handbook. In this chapter we update and extend …

Classrooms are complex social systems, and student-teacher relationships and interactions
are also complex, multicomponent systems. We posit that the nature and quality of …

Prior studies have shown that student burnout becomes more prevalent during adolescence
and is associated with both depressive symptoms and school engagement. Little is known …

This short-term longitudinal research examined the relationships among middle school
students' perceptions of school environment, school engagement, and academic …

Improving teaching quality is widely recognized as critical to addressing deficiencies in
secondary school education, yet the field has struggled to identify rigorously evaluated …

Using longitudinal data from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, the authors
assessed 1,977 adolescents across Grades 5 to 8 to determine if there were distinctive …

This longitudinal study examined how school belonging changes over the years of high
school, and how it is associated with academic achievement and motivation. Students from …

Adolescents frequently experience emotions such as enjoyment, hope, pride, anger, anxiety,
shame, or boredom at school. These emotions are often intense and can profoundly affect …