A Multilevel Study on Ethnic and Socioeconomic School Stratification and Health‐Related Behaviors Among Students in Stockholm

Abstract

Regardless of an adolescent's own background, the risk of having adverse health behaviors is higher at certain schools compared to others. However, school socioeconomic factors do not influence health behaviors consistently; instead, it seems as if the association varies depending on the behavior under study.

School Collective Efficacy and Bullying Behaviour: A Multilevel Study

“…The results correspond well with theory [ 28 , 32 ] and with the few previous studies on the topic [ 23 , 34 ]. By showing that strong collective efficacy is clearly and independently associated with lower levels of bullying, this study gives further support to the idea that school environments that are perceived as safe and characterized by collective regulation of behaviours contribute to reducing the occurrence of problem behaviours [ 36 , 37 ] and, more specifically, bullying behaviours [ 23 , 34 ]. Moreover, in line with results from other studies [ 23 , 36 , 37 ], the findings suggest that the concept of collective efficacy is not only applicable, as originally theorized [ 28 , 32 ], in neighbourhood settings but can also be extended to other contexts.…”

Problematic familial alcohol use and adolescents’ heavy drinking: can conditions in school compensate for the increased risk of heavy drinking among adolescents from families with problematic alcohol use?

“…Even though the result is theoretically unexpected (Rutter et al, 1979), the fact that the association disappears when information about the proportion of parents with post-secondary education in the school is entered corresponds well with previous studies on school advantage and youth alcohol consumption. Generally this type of studies suggest that youth that attend sociodemographic advantaged schools tend to be more engaged in alcohol use than youth in less advantaged school settings (Carlson & Almquist Y, 2016;Olsson & Fritzell, 2015). In addition, school ethos has previously been found to be stronger in more advantaged school settings (Granvik Saminathen et al, 2018).…”

“…In the current study, the ambition is to examine whether certain combinations of conditions in the home and at the school operate to cause synergistic effects on student outcomes, here in terms of their alcohol consumption. There is clear evidence of variation in student alcohol consumption between Swedish schools (Carlson & Almquist Y, 2016;Olsson & Fritzell, 2015), but whether there is between-school variation in student focus and whether this may help combat the risk associated with unfavourable home conditions on youth alcohol consumption has to our knowledge, hitherto not been considered. In sum, the aim of the current study is to assess the association between problematic alcohol consumption in the family and youth alcohol consumption and to explore the extent to which this association is moderated by 'school effectiveness' in terms of the schools' degree of student focus.…”

Future orientation, gambling and risk gambling among youth: a study of adolescents in Stockholm

“…The questionnaires are completed in the classroom. The survey covers topics such as alcohol use, drug use, smoking and delinquent behaviour, but also various aspects of the school climate including bullying (e.g., Låftman, Alm, Sandahl, & Modin, 2018;Olsson & Fritzell, 2015Olsson, Låftman, & Modin, 2018;Ramberg, Låftman, Fransson, & Modin, 2018;Sandahl, 2016;Stockholm Municipality, 2016). The survey in 2016 also included a question on students' future orientation (Alm, Låftman, Sandahl, & Modin, 2019;Låftman et al, 2018).…”