Greater ethnic diversity in schools is associated with students feeling safer, less bullied, and less lonely, and weight diversity is unrelated to achievement disparities¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In urban middle schools, greater ethnic diversity (multiple ethnic groups relatively similar in size) is associated with students feeling safer, less bullied, and less lonely. → Juvonen 2019 q2 i? Body weight is unrelated to achievement scores in schools with greater variation in body weight, suggesting weight diversity functions as a stigma-reduction mechanism. → Juvonen 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Juvonen 2019¶

Juvonen, J., Lessard, L.M., Rastogi, R., Schacter, H.L., & Smith, D.S. (2019). Promoting social inclusion in educational settings: Challenges and opportunities. Educational Psychologist, 54, 250-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2019.1655645

q2 · i? · review · r2

The authors' observational research on urban middle schools, as reported in the review. Greater ethnic diversity with multiple groups relatively similar in size was associated with students "feeling safer, less bullied, and less lonely". No effect sizes are printed.

"our research on urban middle schools demonstrates that greater ethnic diversity (i.e., multiple ethnic groups relatively similar in size) is associated with students feeling safer, less bullied, and less lonely"

Juvonen 2019 (2)¶

Juvonen, J., Lessard, L.M., Rastogi, R., Schacter, H.L., & Smith, D.S. (2019). Promoting social inclusion in educational settings: Challenges and opportunities. Educational Psychologist, 54, 250-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2019.1655645

q2 · i? · associational · r?

The authors' observational extension of the diversity analyses to body weight diversity and academic performance, reported in the review. Weight was "unrelated to achievement scores" in schools with greater variation in body weight, which the authors interpret as a stigma-reduction mechanism. No effect sizes are printed.

"we find that weight is unrelated to achievement scores in schools with greater variation in body weight (Lessard & Juvonen, 2019a)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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