title: Academic achievement, employment, age and gender and students' experience of alternative school.
abstract: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore associations between academic achievement, employment, gender, and age in relation to students' sense of school membership and perception of adults in school. The sample consisted of 102 secondary, alternative school students. Results indicated that students with a more positive perception of school personnel also reported a greater sense of school membership. Male students and older students had a more negative perception of administrators relative to female and younger students. In addition, students who worked tended to report higher grades than students who did not. Study implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA 17057, USA. poyrazli@psu.edu
authors.forename: Senel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poyrazli
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrer-Wreder
authors.forename: Denise G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forthun
authors.forename: J Doug
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coatsworth
authors.forename: Kamini Maraj
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Grahame
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012574:Schools