Chaos in Schools and Its Relationship to Adolescent Risk Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Chaos in the home is associated with worse childhood behaviors. We hypothesize chaos in the school environment might also be associated with teen risk behaviors.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Reducing Inequities through Social and Educational change Follow-Up study, a natural experiment designed to examine the impact of high-performing schools on adolescent outcomes. Students reported the amount of noise, order, and control in their school environment and whether they engaged in substance use, fighting, school absenteeism, and delinquent behaviors. We conducted cross-lagged panel structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between school chaos at 10th grade with risk behaviors at 11th grade while simultaneously examining the relationship between be

SUBMITTER: Ly DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7904964 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature