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Direct linkMiao Li; Wei Zhao; Mengmeng Liu; Lele Zhang; Gen Li – Annals of Dyslexia, 2024
This study explored the relationship between mental health, i.e., depression and anxiety, and reading difficulties (RD) in Chinese elementary school children. Participants were 1535 grades 3, 4, and 5 students from three elementary schools in Xi'an, China. Children with and without RD were compared to their depression and anxiety. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Children, Reading Difficulties, Depression (Psychology)
S. Andrew Garbacz; Caleb Flack; Qi Huang; Anne Bowen; Elizabeth A. Stormshak; Laura Lee McIntyre – Grantee Submission, 2025
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the parent-report Short Form Positive Family Support Strengths and Needs Assessment (PFS-SaNA). The PFS-SaNA is designed to reduce the time and burden of collaborative mental health screening. Parents of 245 students in the Northwest completed the screener at third, fourth,…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Mental Health, Parents, Elementary School Students
S. Andrew Garbacz; Caleb Flack; Qi Huang; Anne Bowen; Elizabeth A. Stormshak; Laura Lee McIntyre – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2025
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the parent-report short form of the Positive Family Support Strengths and Needs Assessment (PFS-SaNA). The PFS-SaNA is designed to reduce the time and burden of collaborative mental health screening. Parents of 245 students in the U.S. Northwest completed the screener at…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Mental Health, Parents, Elementary School Students
Download full textAutumn Barnes, Contributor; Adina Cooper, Contributor; Marci Hertz, Contributor; Kesha Hudson, Contributor; Sarah Lee, Contributor; Sandra Leonard, Contributor; Bailee Peralto, Contributor; Mary Schauer, Contributor; Katy Suellentrop, Contributor; Jorge Verlenden, Contributor; Natalie Wilkins, Contributor; Camara Wooten, Contributor; Anna Yaros, Contributor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023
This action guide was designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students' mental health. This action guide describes six in-school…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Schools, Early Childhood Education, Middle Schools
Qianyu Zhu; Yeram Cheong; Cixin Wang – School Psychology Review, 2024
This short-term longitudinal study aims to expand our understanding of the role of peer victimization, student-level perceived school climate, covitality, and mental health difficulties among 897 Chinese elementary school students (3rd to 6th graders, M[subscript age] = 9.91 years, SD = 1.16 years, 57.44% boys). Results of the latent-moderated…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Educational Environment, Mental Health
Andrea Brown Watson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative study was conducted to determine if (a) there was a significant difference in the percentage of student office discipline referrals before and after Social- Emotional Learning (SEL) implementation in 3rd through 5th grade, (b) there was a significant difference in the percentage of student in-house mental health referrals before…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Discipline, Mental Health
Rebecca A. Schwartz-Mette; Hannah R. Lawrence; Eliot Fearey; Jessica Shankman; Janet Nichols; Joy Walters; Elena Perello; Susan Smith – School Mental Health, 2024
The FRIENDS Resilience programs provide cognitive-behavioral skills across the developmental spectrum and can be applied as a universal or selective prevention program. In the current study, we assessed whether, relative to the schools' existing counseling curriculum ("guidance"), FRIENDS improved social skills, problem behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Evaluation, Mental Health Programs, Program Effectiveness
Patricia Horton-Albritton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The names of the participants and the school district used in this program evaluation are pseudonyms to protect the participant's identity. This program evaluation was from the perceptions of the parent/guardian and faculty of the Garnett County School District (GCSD) K-8 Alternative Learning Program. The study focused on the middle school…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Evaluation, Kindergarten, Grade 1
A. Qvortrup – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Due to COVID-19, 2020 was a strange and different school year for many students around the world. Based on a survey of primary school students (N = 2665) conducted in December 2020, this article examines students' well-being and stress levels one year after the first COVID-19 outbreak. It also examines how students emotionally relate to the…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Well Being, COVID-19, Pandemics
Yu Takizawa; Yuki Matsumoto; Yuma Ishimoto – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2024
Psychological well-being (PWB) encompasses the positive aspects of mental health, such as hedonic wellbeing (experience of enjoyment and pleasure), eudaimonic wellbeing (experience of self-actualization), and life satisfaction (global evaluation of quality of life). Japanese teachers suffer from poor PWB with a high incidence of mental health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health
Zhang, Zhenzhen; Stevenson, Kathryn T.; Martin, Katherine L. – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Although green schoolyards provide many benefits to children and communities, little research explores students' perceptions of these benefits and how natural elements (e.g. gardens, trees) and associated use shape student experience. We examine the relationship between nature-based attributes, nature-based activities, and teacher-led activities…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Playgrounds, Play, Mental Health
Veneshia Chanese Gonzalez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children spend much of the day in the classroom with their teachers and peers. There is an alarming growth rate of mental health issues in young children that do not usually present themselves until adolescence. Educators must now examine what can be done to remedy social and emotional problems in elementary-aged children. The problem addressed in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Mental Health, Social Emotional Learning, Intervention
Jayanti Owens; Xinyan Cao – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2024
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is America's most common childhood disorder. Although an ADHD diagnosis can bring positives, recent research uncovers potential negatives associated with diagnosis. This study examines understudied racial-ethnic heterogeneity in the relationships between an early elementary school ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Early Experience, Well Being, Ethnicity
Sarah Dovi Mast – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived work-related stress and coping strategies among K-5 public school teachers in the state of California. A phenomenological approach was used to examine the unique experience of public-school teachers during the 2020-2021 pandemic school year. Criterion sampling included…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Psychological Patterns, Coping, Public School Teachers
Abigail Van Klompenberg – Visions of Research in Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this collective case study was to examine elementary music teachers' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research questions were: 1) What factors influenced music teachers' mental health and well-being during COVID-19; 2) How did music teachers support their own mental health and well-being during…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Mental Health, Trauma, COVID-19
