School Climate and Resilience: An Exploration of Latent Patterns of Student Perceptions

• In Event: Roundtable Session 41
  In Roundtable Session: The Social Emotional Climate in Schools

Abstract

Both school climate and resilience are linked with multiple outcomes for students. However, few studies examine how students experience the multiple dimensions of school climate or resilience. This study will first identify subgroups of students based on unique patterns of school climate and resilience and then explore relationships between these subgroups using a sample of 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students (n = 85,069) drawn from schools across the state of California. 5-class models were the best fitting models for school climate and resilience. Independently, these models help illuminate how students simultaneously experience school climate and resilience. Individual variation in perceived climate and resilience has implications for school-wide and individual intervention efforts.

Authors

• Gordon Capp, University of Southern California

• Kathrine Sullivan, University of Southern California

• Tamika Gilreath, University of Southern California