Reliability and validity of the Student Perceptions of School Cohesion Scale in a sample of Salvadoran secondary school students

Table 3 Percentage of public secondary school students from central El Salvador who reported engaging in a physical fight and illicit drug use by level of perceived social cohesion within school and student-school connectedness. (n = 935)

	Engaged in a physical fight in past 12 months		Ever consumed illicit drugs
	%	AOR (95% C.I.)^c	%	AOR (95% C.I.)^c
Full scale
School social cohesion
High Perceptions^a	27.5***	0.50 (0.35, 0.73)	6.5***	0.34 (0.20, 0.57)
Low Perceptions^b (referent)	42.5***	1.00	15.4***	1.00
Sub-scales
Supportive school relationships
High Perceptions^a	28.2***	0.56 (0.41, 0.78)	6.9***	0.48 (0.29, 0.77)
Low Perceptions^b (referent)	39.6***	1.00	12.0***	1.00
Student-school connectedness
High Perceptions^a	29.0***	0.49 (0.33, 0.75)	7.8*	0.47 (0.26, 0.84)
Low Perceptions^b (referent)	41.8***	1.00	12.7*	1.00
Student-teacher connectedness
High Perceptions	29.7***	0.54 (0.37, 0.79)	7.9*	0.55 (0.32, 0.95)
Low Perceptions^b (referent)	44.0***	1.00	12.7*	1.00

Bold font indicates statistical significance at p < .05.
*p < .05; **p < .01, ***p ≤ .001 based on Logistic Regression Analyses.
^aRepresents students who responded "Strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" based on five-point scale
^bRepresents students who responded "Strongly disagree", "somewhat disagree" or "neutral" based on 5-point scale.^cAdjusted Odds Ratio. Adjusted for gender, age, rural/urban status, and perceived socio-economic status.

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