Janice A. Colton’s research while affiliated with University of Pennsylvania and other places

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Publications (2)


High school student satisfaction and perceptions of the school environment
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July 1985

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92 Reads

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4 Citations

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Janice A. Colton

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Mary Alice White

The satisfaction of high school students was studied using an adaptation of reinforcement theory. An instrument entitled Students and Their Schools was developed to assess the perceived availability and value of 35 different academic and interpersonal dimensions of the high school environment and student satisfaction with these areas. This was distributed to 411 students in two city and three suburban public high schools. Availability of resources alone is more highly related to satisfaction than their value. Small but consistent differences were found between male and female students, with suburban females reporting lower levels of availability and satisfaction but higher value ratings than other students. City students have higher levels of satisfaction, but lower levels of value, than suburban students. Most of the differences concerned academic aspects of school and interactions with administrators and faculty. If students perceive a high availability of rewarding aspects of their school environment, they report higher levels of satisfaction with school. Thus, an adaptation of reinforcement theory can be used as an empirical measure of student satisfaction with school.


Childhood stress: Perceptions of children and professionals

June 1985

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9 Reads

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24 Citations

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

An assessment instrument was developed to measure children''s perceptions of stressors in their lives, as well as their experiences and emotional reactions to these stressors. Two approaches from the adult literature, major life events and daily hassles, were compared for children. In addition, a comparison between children''s and professionals'' ratings of the severity of various stressors was made, as well as an examination of the relationship of experience and self-reported reaction to children''s ratings. Results indicate that children''s ratings of the severity of stressors do differ from adults'', particularly when children have experienced the stressor. Further investigation in the study of childhood stress incorporating children''s perceptions is proposed.

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... Satisfaction is a concept that has been frequently studied in economics (Levin et al., 1980) and in education. Where higher education is concerned, most studies have focused on measuring the satisfaction of students and/or professors (Colton & White, 1985;Suldo et al., 2006;Botek, 2016;Bateman & McMahan, 2014, Mihanovic et al., 2016Arpilleda, 2017). Studies dealing with citizen satisfaction with higher education are poorly represented in the literature (Jones, 2016;Calderon & Crabtree, 2019). ...

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Modeling Citizens Satisfaction With Higher Education: A Case Study of Rijeka
High school student satisfaction and perceptions of the school environment
  • Citing Article
  • July 1985

Contemporary Educational Psychology

... Visionary leadership is an essential style of leadership. It is defined as the future state of ourselves, what we seek to be, and to follow the path of goals, objectives, and action plan (Colton, 1985). Visionary leadership stands apart from all other forms of leadership, as these leaders inspire through their vision and communicate it well that the organizations benefit heavily (Jul-Chan & Colin, 2004). ...

Childhood stress: Perceptions of children and professionals
  • Citing Article
  • June 1985

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment