. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Youth Soc. 2012 Jun 19;46(6):735–755. doi: 10.1177/0044118X12451276

Table 3.

Bivariate Associations Among School Variables (Fall) and Self-Perceptions (Fall and Spring)

Variable		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
(1)	School attitude	—	.66^**	.24^**	.40^**	.55^**	.41^**	.49^**
(2)	School climate	.69^**	—	.23^**	.31^**	.43^**	.30^**	.37^**
(3)	School connectedness	.20^**	.20^**	—	.24^**	.24^**	.20^**	.20^**
(4)	Self-esteem (fall)	.43^**	.33^**	.33^**	—	.45^**	.72^**	.39^**
(5)	Academic self-efficacy (fall)	.60^**	.39^**	.24^**	.49^**	—	.43^**	.65^**
(6)	Self-esteem (spring)	.36^**	.20^**	.20^**	.59^**	.37^**	—	.51^**
(7)	Academic self-efficacy (spring)	.44^**	.32^**	.12^*	.33^**	.52^**	.52^**	—

Note: Statistically significant correlations are indicated by an asterisk

p < .05,

^**

p < .01, two-tailed.

Correlations below the diagonal represent middle school students (7th–8th graders); correlations above the diagonal represent high school students (9th–10th graders).