ERIC Number: EJ1161112
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jan
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
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School Climate, Deployment, and Mental Health among Students in Military-Connected Schools
De Pedro, Kris Tunac; Astor, Ron Avi; Gilreath, Tamika D.; Benbenishty, Rami; Berkowitz, Ruth
Youth & Society, v50 n1 p93-115 Jan 2018
Research has found that when compared with civilian students, military-connected students in the United States have more negative mental health outcomes, stemming from the stress of military life events (i.e., deployment). To date, studies on military-connected youth have not examined the role of protective factors within the school environment, such as school climate, in the mental health and well-being of military-connected adolescents. Given this gap in the research on military adolescents, this study draws from a large sample of military and non-military secondary adolescents in military-connected schools (N = 14,943) and examines associations between school climate, military connection, deployment, and mental health. Findings show that multiple components of school climate are associated with a lower likelihood of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation and increased likelihood of well-being among students in military-connected schools, after controlling for student demographics, military connection, and deployments. The authors conclude with a discussion of school climate interventions for military-connected youth.
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mental Health, Military Personnel, Stress Variables, Resilience (Psychology), School Culture, Well Being, Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Depression (Psychology), Suicide, Psychological Patterns, Probability, Student Characteristics, Siblings, Parents, Hypothesis Testing, Correlation, Grade 7, Grade 9, Grade 11, State Surveys, Regression (Statistics), Multivariate Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
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Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: HE12541010041