Abstract Neighborhood characteristics are thought to be associated with adolescent health and behavior. However, there have been very few population-based surveys using data from individual responses living in the same school district area. Tokyo TEEN Cohort data, collected from three Tokyo municipalities, were used to examine the association between psychological symptoms in school districts during early adolescence (age 10) and later psycho-behavioral conditions in adolescents (ages 12 and 14). Hierarchical linear models showed that school district-level depressive symptoms, psychological well-being, and prosocial behaviors at age 10 were associated with the corresponding individual-level indices at age 12, after controlling for demographic characteristics and baseline individual scores as covariates. Furthermore, School district-level behavioral problems at age 10 were associated with individual-level indices at ages 12 and 14. These results suggest that school district environments in which young adolescents grow up influence adolescents’ development and well-being. 

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Adolescent mental health is affected by neighborhood mental health conditions at the beginning of adolescence

Abstract A large number of published papers have investigated the relationship between perceived teacher emotional support and students’ engagement in school across a variety of subject areas at the primary and secondary levels. However, very few or none of these studies examine the topic in the context of physical education in higher education. It would be highly desirable for a study comparable to this one to be carried out within the context of tertiary education in order to address the dearth of scholarly works that concentrate on these two constructs. In light of this, the current study investigated the connection between teachers’ emotional support and their student’s level of engagement in their academic work. The participants in the study were undergraduate students (males = 374, females = 536) who were enrolled in minor PE courses at a prominent local college in Angeles City, Philippines. Following the calculation of Spearman’s rho and multiple regression analyses, the findings revealed that perceived teacher emotional support (along with its three distinct features: positive atmosphere, teacher sensitivity, and regard for the adolescent perspective) is significantly associated with [r(908) =.519, p < .05)] and has a direct influence on [F(3, 906) = 120.508, p <.001] school engagement. Additionally, this study highlighted the critical role that PE instructors play in providing students with emotional support, which in turn leads to higher levels of engagement and achievement reports. The presentation includes suggestions for the professional development of teachers of PE and future research initiatives.

Teacher Emotional Support and School Engagement: The case of Physical Education Teachers and Students in a Prominent Local College

According to ecological system theory, both the microsystem environment (home environment) and the more macrolevel environment (provincial environment) influence school engagement in adolescents. This study tests an ecological model of adolescents' school engagement with 19,084 middle school students across 31 provincial-level regions in China. Multilevel modeling is used to predict adolescents' school engagement (behavior, emotion, and cognition) at two levels, individual [gender and family socioeconomic status (SES)] and provincial (economy, public cultural facilities, technological industry and education). The school engagement of students varies significantly across provincial-level regions. SES positively affects the school engagement of students. Students benefit from the provincial environment when the economy is booming, public cultural facilities are adequate and education is flourishing. The development of the technology industry fails to boost students' school engagement. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

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Fangqing Liu

Papers

School Engagement and Context: A Multilevel Analysis of Adolescents in 31 Provincial-Level Regions in China.