Transition to middle school: Self-concept changes

Transition from Middle School to High School

Why Is It Important to Examine the Transition from Middle School to High School? The transition from middle school to high school is accompanied by both anticipation and anxiety (Mizelle & Irvin, 2000; Morgan & Hertzog, 2001; Zeedyk, Gallacher, Henderson, Hope, Husband, & Lindsay, 2003). Transition is receiving increased attention due to the fact that ninth grade course failures and high school...

School and Self-concept

What Is Self-Concept? One position, held by Lecky (1), is that self-consistency is so necessary as to be the prime motivator of all be havior. Thus, a child who comes to school with a preconceived notion of himself as a dumbbell, a bully or a brain, will resist any attempts to change his self-perception and tend to deny facts which contradict it. Another position, commonly assumed by school peo...

Self-Concept During the Transition to Secondary School: Turmoil or Normative Adjustment?

The Impact of Secondary School Transition on Self-Concept and Self-Esteem

Secondary school transition takes place earlier in Portugal than in most Western countries. This study aims to analyze the impact of this transition on the self-concept and self-esteem of Portuguese students, and to identify potential differential gender impacts. The sample included 377 students (Mage = 9.46; SD = .93; 52.8% boys). Self-report questionnaires were administered in 4th grade (midd...

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition concept in Cancer: Review article

Owing to this fact that most of the mortalities in cancers are as a result of metastasis, study on the involved pathways in metastasis including Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) would be so critical and important. Up to date, several extensive studies have been carried out to determine the correlation between EMT and cancer and their results have shown that the EMT plays pivotal role ...