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The consequences of residential and school mobility for adolescents

Pribesh, Shana Lee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110315943

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Sociology.
About fifteen percent of high school students change residences each year and I explore the role that this mobility plays in our stratification system. Past studies demonstrate that moving is associated with declines in school performance. Using the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, I replicate this pattern and then test whether it is a function of the moving process negatively affecting children’s psychological well being (e.g., locus of control, self-esteem). I also explore whether there are specific conditions (if any) where youths are better off after a move and whether adolescents benefit from moving from “bad” to “good” schools. My results offer some evidence that part of the reason moving is associated with poor school performance is due to the loss of control youths feel over their lives (locus of control) after a move. With modest exceptions, I found little evidence that youths ever benefit from moving. Even students moving from “bad” to “good” schools show virtually no improvement in school performance, at least in the short-run (i.e., two years). I discuss the implications of these patterns for understanding stratification in the United States.
Douglas Downey (Advisor)
157 p.
Mobility; Residential mobility; School mobility; Student mobility; School effects; Psychological well being

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  • Pribesh, S. L. (2005). The consequences of residential and school mobility for adolescents [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110315943

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pribesh, Shana. The consequences of residential and school mobility for adolescents. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110315943.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pribesh, Shana. "The consequences of residential and school mobility for adolescents." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110315943

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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