Youth Alienation as an Emerging Pediatric Health Care Issue

School alienation and student well-being: a cross-lagged longitudinal analysis

“…School alienation (SAL) has become a frequently examined stressor in adolescent life and represents a difficult educational problem that poses a significant challenge for schools and educational networks. Not only does it affect the quality of the schooling experience, but it is also accompanied by other school-related problems such as deviant behaviors, low participation in school, and dropping out (Alexander et al 1997;Archambault et al 2009;Brown et al 2003;Eccles and Alfeld 2007;Eccles and Gootman 2002;Farrow 1991). Some scholars have shown that alienation is an inevitable part of education and may be viewed as a natural stage in adolescent development (Nutbeam et al 1993;Sidorkin 2004).…”

“…Some scholars have shown that alienation is an inevitable part of education and may be viewed as a natural stage in adolescent development (Nutbeam et al 1993;Sidorkin 2004). Other researchers have pointed to the severe problems associated with SAL, such as both physical and emotional disease (Farrow 1991). Student feelings of alienation, for example, tend to lessen student well-being (Dekel and Tuval-Mashiach 2012;Pyhältö et al 2010;Rayce et al 2008).…”

“…Several cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that higher levels of SAL are generally related to lower levels of SWB (Dekel and Tuval-Mashiach 2012;Farrow 1991;Moreno and de Roda 2003;Osin 2009;Pyhältö et al 2010;Rayce et al 2008;Safipour et al 2011). However, the reverse causal order is also discussed; that is, alienation may be predicted by SWB (Vahedi and Nazari 2011), viewing the latter as a means of alleviating the problem of student alienation.…”

School Alienation: A Construct Validation Study

“…In keeping with the idea that alienated youth are exposed to both physical and emotional disease (Farrow, 1991), the domains of school alienation could be associated with the dimensions of well-being. Consistent with Hypotheses 5 and 6, the SALS had a significant negative correlation to enjoyment and positive attitudes to school and a positive correlation with social problems in school.…”

“…There is a strong likelihood that adolescents who are alienated from school will not accomplish their basic educational goals (Archambault, Janosz, Fallu, & Pagani, 2009a). As a result, alienated students leave school with numerous negative experiences, including deviant behaviors, difficulties in fitting in, low participation in school activities, depression, running away, early sexual activity, conflicts with families, school withdrawal, limited education, failed attachment to school, or a lack of interest in further academic qualification (Brown, Higgins, & Paulsen, 2003a;Farrow, 1991;Frey, Ruchkin, Martin, & Schwab-Stone, 2009;Hascher & Hagenauer, 2010;Tarquin & Cook-Cottone 2008). School alienation can therefore lead to a process of exclusion from a society that is increasingly based on learning.…”