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Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus

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Barth, JM; Dunlap, ST; Dane, H; Lochman, JE; Wells, KC
Published in: Journal of School Psychology
March 1, 2004

Peers serve as reinforcers and models of behavior, and consequently classrooms containing high numbers of students with poor academic skills or behavior problems are likely to promote these behaviors in individual students. This study examined how variations in social and academic classroom composition as well as the larger school context affected behavior in a normative sample of children over a 2-year period. Teachers provided ratings of individual students, which were then aggregated to form teacher-based measures of classroom environment. Concurrent and longitudinal effects of classroom and school environments on individual behaviors were examined for students in 65 classrooms in 17 schools. Poorer classroom environments were associated with poorer levels of student aggression, peer relations, and academic focus. Changes in student behavior over time could be explained by the current classroom environment. © 2004 Society for the Study of School Psychology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Journal of School Psychology

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0022-4405

Publication Date

March 1, 2004

Volume

42

Issue

2

Start / End Page

115 / 133

Related Subject Headings

  • Education
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3903 Education systems
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
 

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Barth, J. M., Dunlap, S. T., Dane, H., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2004). Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus. Journal of School Psychology, 42(2), 115–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2003.11.004
Barth, J. M., S. T. Dunlap, H. Dane, J. E. Lochman, and K. C. Wells. “Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus.” Journal of School Psychology 42, no. 2 (March 1, 2004): 115–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2003.11.004.
Barth JM, Dunlap ST, Dane H, Lochman JE, Wells KC. Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus. Journal of School Psychology. 2004 Mar 1;42(2):115–33.
Barth, J. M., et al. “Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus.” Journal of School Psychology, vol. 42, no. 2, Mar. 2004, pp. 115–33. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2003.11.004.
Barth JM, Dunlap ST, Dane H, Lochman JE, Wells KC. Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus. Journal of School Psychology. 2004 Mar 1;42(2):115–133.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of School Psychology

DOI

ISSN

0022-4405

Publication Date

March 1, 2004

Volume

42

Issue

2

Start / End Page

115 / 133

Related Subject Headings

  • Education
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3903 Education systems
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education