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    A Multilevel Analysis of the Importance of School Climate for the Trajectories of Students’ Self-concept and Self-esteem Throughout the Middle School Transition

    Understanding which environmental factors influence the trajectory of self-concept and self-esteem during middle school transition may help schools better support students during this period. This short longit...

    Vítor Alexandre Coelho, George G. Bear, Patrícia Brás in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2020)

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    Hope as Mediator Between Teacher–Student Relationships and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Adolescents: A Between- and Within-Person Effects Analysis

    Life satisfaction is a critical indicator of student development. Although several longitudinal studies have examined the predictors of life satisfaction, this study has several unique strengths. First, it exa...

    Qian Nie, Zhaojun Teng, George G. Bear, Cheng Guo in Journal of Happiness Studies (2019)

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    Perceptions of Bullying Victimization: Differences between Once-Retained and Multiple-Retained Students in Public and Private Schools in Brazil

    Being retained a grade in school has been associated with a number of negative outcomes for children. It is unclear, however, if being bullied is among them. In this study, differences were examined between re...

    Angela B. Harris, George G. Bear, Dandan Chen in Child Indicators Research (2019)

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    The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S): Evidence of Validity and Reliability

    The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S) was developed to provide schools with a brief, inexpensive, and psychometrically sound self-report scale to assess students’ social-emotional competenci...

    Lindsey S. Mantz, George G. Bear, Chunyan Yang, Angela Harris in Child Indicators Research (2018)

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    Validation of a brief measure of teachers’ perceptions of school climate: relations to student achievement and suspensions

    Based on theory and research on learning environments, the Delaware School Climate Survey–Teacher/Staff (DSCS–T/S) was developed to provide schools with a brief, psychometrically sound measure of teachers’ per...

    George G. Bear, Chunyan Yang, Megan Pell, Clare Gaskins in Learning Environments Research (2014)

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    Shame, guilt, blaming, and anger: Differences between children in Japan and the US

    Recent research and theory on shame and guilt has highlighted the “dark side to shame” in motivating harmful behavior. Although researchers recognize that cultural differences in shame exist, few studies have ...

    George G. Bear, **mena Uribe-Zarain, Maureen A. Manning in Motivation and Emotion (2009)