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Relations Among School Racial Climate, School Connectedness, and Race: A Moderation Analysis

Meyer, Amanda L
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-7726-6526
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1700599487655558

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2023, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Students’ experiences related to school climate, including school racial climate and school connectedness, have significant implications for mental health, academic outcomes, and school engagement. Adolescent students of color often report worse experiences of school racial climate and school connectedness, and corresponding worse outcomes, than White peers. The current study explored the relation between school racial climate and school connectedness, and if it was moderated by race. Perceptions of school racial climate and school connectedness differed across racial groups and schools. School racial climate was found to predict school connectedness. Results failed to support the hypothesis that race moderated the relation between school racial climate and school connectedness across all schools. However, at the predominantly White schools, a significant interaction indicated a stronger positive relation between school racial climate and school connectedness for White students than for Black students. This interaction was not present at the majority-Black school. These findings emphasize the importance of considering school characteristics and contextual factors in students’ experiences of school climate, as well as the positive outcomes associated with school racial climate. These outcomes may have important implications for diversity-based programming in school settings and their potential benefit for students of all backgrounds.
Paul Flaspohler (Committee Chair)
Jennifer Green (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Kiel (Committee Member)
40 p.
Psychology
school climate; school racial climate; school connectedness; race; DEI

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  • Meyer, A. L. (2023). Relations Among School Racial Climate, School Connectedness, and Race: A Moderation Analysis [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1700599487655558

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Meyer, Amanda. Relations Among School Racial Climate, School Connectedness, and Race: A Moderation Analysis. 2023. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1700599487655558.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Meyer, Amanda. "Relations Among School Racial Climate, School Connectedness, and Race: A Moderation Analysis." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1700599487655558

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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