Qi Chen, Sarah E Armstrong, Fatima Vakil, Jeffrey A Bridge, John G Keilp, Arielle H Sheftall
Neurocognitive and clinical characteristics of elementary school-aged children with a history of suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Journal of affective disorders
purpose study examine differences american chinese students perceptions school climate engagement school relation school climate engagement confirmatory factor analyses used support factor structure measurement invariance two measures administered delaware school climate surveystudent delaware student engagement scale differences latent means tested differences relations variables examined using multilevel hierarchical linear modeling participants consisted 3176 chinese 4085 american students grades 35 78 1012 chinese students perceived school climate favorably american students particularly beyond elementary school findings complex student engagement elementary school american students reported greater cognitivebehavioral emotional engagement especially former middle school high school chinese students reported greater emotional engagement however significant differences found cognitivebehavioral engagement intriguing results multilevel hierarchical modeling examined associations school climate student engagement significant american schools chinese schools chinese students compared american students perceived climate schools favorably especially elementary school however among chinese students perceptions school climate unrelated selfreported engagement schoolschool climate seem matter much psycinfo database record