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Peer Victimization, Student Engagement, And School Attendance: Structural Equation Models, Jason Benjamin Dunkle
Peer Victimization, Student Engagement, And School Attendance: Structural Equation Models, Jason Benjamin Dunkle
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Survey data from a study of 6th grade students in Colorado (n=860) were used to estimate structural equation models in which peer victimization types were hypothesized to have significant relationships with both student engagement and attendance. Then, student engagement and attendance variables were hypothesized to have significant effects on achievement (measured as grade point average). Student engagement was viewed as a multi-faceted construct, composed of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional aspects. Four different types of peer victimization variables (verbal, physical, exclusion, and intensity) were combined to form a latent measure for peer victimization that was expected to predict …