Perceived School Climate and Students’ Mental Health

Kohoulat, Naeimeh; Dehghani, Mohammad Reza; Kohoulat, Najmeh

doi:10.17795/intjsh27939

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“…In addition, we find children's satisfaction with their school, and particularly their perceptions about their schools' climate, are important predictors of worrying for family money in our sample. These findings can be related with literature that identifies a strong relationship between school climate and well-being and emotional health in childhood and adolescence (Lester & Cross, 2015;Kohoulat, et al, 2015). On the whole, our findings suggest schools where children feel safer and are less exposed to bullying and exclusion, serve as protective shields for children's emotional well-being.…”

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confidence: 86%

Ecological Predictors of Perceiving Scarcity in Childhood

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Rey‐Guerra

2017

Child Ind Res

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Ecological Predictors of Perceiving Scarcity in Childhood

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Rey‐Guerra

2017

Child Ind Res

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“…A majority of young students appear to be more averse to living alongside guns, especially in the school setting (Cavanaugh et al, 2012; Thompson et al, 2013; Wolfson et al, 2017): for example, a survey shows that the majority of college students (about 80 percent) reported that most students would not feel safe if more people (faculty, students, and visitors) carried concealed handguns on campus. It is well established that the perceptions of safety in neighborhoods and schools are associated with psychological outcomes such as depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts (Borowsky et al, 2013; Hamada et al, 2016; Kohoulat et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Beyond the trigger: The mental health consequences of in-home firearm access among children of gun owners

Kim

2018

Social Science & Medicine

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Rationale The high prevalence of household firearms in the U.S. has ignited a growing body of research seeking to understand its health consequences. While a large number of studies examine the impact of firearm availability on health risks of gun owners in the household, relatively little attention is given to whether and how in-home firearm access may shape psychological outcomes among children of gun owners. Objective This study examined whether and how in-home firearm access is associated with adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Given a strong social/cultural association between masculinity and gun possession as well as stark gender differences in perceptions of safety and attitudes toward firearms, this study also investigated whether this association differs for male and female adolescents. Methods Participants were drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) (n = 14,013). This study used random- and fixed-effects regression analyses as well as propensity-score matching models in order to reduce the chances of bias due to individual-level heterogeneity. Results The present study showed that gaining access to guns at home was significantly related to increased depressive symptoms among children of gun owners, even after accounting for both observed and unobserved individual characteristics. Both fixed-effects and propensity-score matching models yielded consistent results. In addition, the observed association between in-home firearm access and depression was more pronounced for female adolescents. Finally, this study found suggestive evidence that the perceptions of safety, especially about school (but not neighborhood), are an important mechanism linking in-home firearm access to adolescent depression. Conclusion As a substantial proportion of U.S. adolescents reported in-home firearm access, the findings of this study suggest that scholars and policymakers must seriously consider mental as well as physical health consequences related to household access to firearms among children of gun owners.

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“…The influence of a negative school climate on the health of students is consistent with the theory of the ecological model (6). For instance, the impact of negative social relationships in the school setting could compromise the social and psychological well being of the school communities, with this being a public health issue (7). Most evidence linking the school climate with health behaviors are from high-income countries, with few researches having been conducted on middle-and low-income countries, with different schooling systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%