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Social and School Connectedness in Early Secondary School as Predictors of Late Teenage Substance Use, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes
Lyndal Bond,Helen Butler,Lindsey A. Thomas,John B. Carlin,Saundra Glover,Glenn Bowes,George C Patton +6 more
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Overall, young people's experiences of early secondary school and their relationships with others may continue to affect their moods, their substance use in later years, and their likelihood of completing secondary school.About:
This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 2007-04-01. It has received 880 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social connectedness & Poison control.read more
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School Disengagement as a Predictor of Dropout, Delinquency, and Problem Substance Use During Adolescence and Early Adulthood
TL;DR: Assessment of the extent to which a school disengagement warning index predicts not only dropout but also other problem behaviors during middle adolescence, late adolescence, and early adulthood indicates that the school diseng engagement warning index is robustly related to dropout as well as serious problem behaviors across the three developmental stages, even after controlling for important potential confounders.
Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people's health and well-being.
TL;DR: Findings from the 2013/2014 survey are presented, which collected data from almost 220 000 young people in 42 countries in Europe and North America and focuses on social context, health outcomes, health behaviours and risk behaviours relevant to young people’s health and well-being.
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Healthier students are better learners: a missing link in school reforms to close the achievement gap.
TL;DR: This article identified health problems affecting school-aged youth that are highly prevalent, disproportionately affect urban minority youth, directly and indirectly causally affect academic achievement, and can be feasibly and effectively addressed through school health programs and services.
Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. Equity Matters. Research Review No. 6.
TL;DR: Reducing health problems affecting school-aged youth that are highly prevalent, disproportionately affect urban minority youth, directly and indirectly causally affect academic achievement, and can be feasibly and effectively addressed through school health programs and services warrants validation as a cohesive school improvement initiative to close the achievement gap.
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Classroom context, school engagement, and academic achievement in early adolescence.
Aryn M. Dotterer,Katie Lowe +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that improving classroom quality may not be sufficient to improve student engagement and achievement for students with previous achievement difficulties, and additional strategies may be needed for these students.
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Protecting adolescents from harm: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health.
Michael D. Resnick,Peter Shawn Bearman,Robert Wm. Blum,Karl E. Bauman,Kathleen Mullan Harris,Jo Ann Jones,Joyce W. Tabor,Trisha Beuhring,Renee E. Sieving,Marcia L. Shew,Marjorie Ireland,Linda H. Bearinger,J. Richard Udry +12 more
TL;DR: Family and school contexts as well as individual characteristics are associated with health and risky behaviors in adolescents, and the results should assist health and social service providers, educators, and others in taking the first steps to diminish risk factors and enhance protective factors for young people.
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Students' Need for Belonging in the School Community:
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of research about students' sense of acceptance within the school community is presented to address three questions: Is this experience of belongingness important in an educational setting? Do students currently experience school as a community? And how do schools influence students' feeling of community?
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The psychological sense of school membership among adolescents: scale development and educational correlates.
TL;DR: In this paper, el desarrollo y la validación of una medida de la pertenencia percibida o la psicologica de los estudiantes adolescentes al entorno escolar.
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Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
TL;DR: Community Programs to Promote Youth Development as mentioned in this paper explores the role of after-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities in adolescents' development.