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Identification of Important Factors When Measuring School Climate: Latent Construct Validation and Exploration

Published:2023-09-15 Issue:1 Volume:94 Page:69-79
ISSN:0022-4391
Container-title:Journal of School Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of School Health

Author:

Siebert Carl F.¹^ORCID,Holloway Stefanie D.²,DuBois David L.³,Bavarian Niloofar⁴^ORCID,Lewis Kendra M.⁵,Flay Brian¹

Affiliation:

1. College of Education, Boise State University Boise ID 83725

2. College of Education, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, 1910 University Drive BOISE 83725

3. Institute for Health, Research, and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL 60608

4. Department of Health Science California State University, Long Beach Long Beach CA 90840

5. University of New Hampshire Durham NH 03824

Abstract

ABSTRACTBACKGROUNDResearchers regularly must decide what information is necessary to understand school climate and how to include climate in a study. For example, which factors and/or scales should be used, is using just 1 scale for school climate sufficient, and to what extent does the selection of a single scale influence the research findings?AIMSUnderstanding what factors to consider and which available scales to review will assist those interested in measuring school climate.METHODSThis study explores 8 validated scales related to school climate. Data used are from a previous study (Social and Character Development cooperative agreement funded by IES #R305L030072 and #R305A080253) that looked at Positive Action, a social emotional and character development program for elementary‐, middle‐, and high‐school students.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONScale correlations and factor analyses show how these scales work together to measure overall middle school climate.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Philosophy,Education

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/josh.13394

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