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Direct linkDavid T. Marshall – Journal of School Choice, 2024
School closures were part of a larger COVID-19 mitigation effort. However, policymakers over-weighted concerns about the virus to the neglect of other aspects of pediatric health, including mental health. This narrative review summarizes findings from 40 studies. School closures appear to have been an ineffective mitigation strategy, yet children…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Mental Health
Broton, Katharine M.; Mohebali, Milad; Lingo, Mitchell D. – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the potential co-occurrence of basic needs insecurity and mental health problems among community college students. These barriers to student success are gaining significant attention from college leaders and scholars, but they are often addressed in isolation, ignoring the potential reinforcing…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Security (Psychology), Mental Health, Mental Disorders
Download full textHughes, Jason E.; Ulmer, Jonathan D.; Clark, J. Spencer; Disberger, Brandie; Hock, Gaea; Ellis, Jason – Rural Educator, 2023
The purpose of this research paper was to highlight the factors students and school staff identify as contributors to mental health issues students attending rural, low socioeconomic high schools experience and the specific mental health issues they witness most. A collective case study was conducted in four rural high schools, two in Kansas and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Low Income Groups, High School Students, Rural Schools
Irsheid, Sireen B.; Garthe, Rachel C.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Schoeny, Michael – Youth & Society, 2023
Exposure to community adversities and violence can be associated with a cascade of neurocognitive, mental health, and behavioral challenges among urban adolescents. Influenced by the bio-ecological framework, this study examines if problems with executive functioning (EF) exacerbate the relation between exposure to community adversity and violence…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Environmental Influences, Violence, Mental Health
Edmunds, Chrisse; Alcaraz, Melissa – Youth & Society, 2021
Adolescent mental health has implications for current and future wellbeing. While a link exists between poverty and mental health, little is known about how experiencing material hardship, such as insecurity of food, housing, utilities, and medical care, throughout early childhood affects adolescent mental health. We examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Poverty, Mental Health, Well Being, Correlation
Velarde Pierce, Sharon; Haro, Alein Y.; Ayón, Cecilia; Enriquez, Laura E. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021
Undocumented students face considerable stressors due to their precarious legal status, economic disadvantages, and social exclusion. Building on a growing body of the literature that has examined the mental health and psychological wellbeing of undocumented students, we disentangle the effects of multiple dimensions of legal vulnerability.…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Mental Health, At Risk Students, Social Support Groups
Doran, Elizabeth; Aikens, Nikki; Malone, Lizabeth; Harrington, Jeff; Cannon, Judy – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
This research brief draws upon the fall 2019 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 2019. FACES provides information at the national level about Head Start programs, centers, and classrooms as well as the children and families that Head Start serves. Head Start is a national program that helps young children from…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Family Programs
Nurius, Paula; LaValley, Kara; Kim, Moo-Hyun – School Mental Health, 2020
Growing evidence suggests that exposure to early-life adversity poses risk to youth development, with impaired mental health a central concern. This population-representative study of adolescent students (n = 11,222) investigates the effects of two key forms of early adversity--victimization and poverty--on adolescent mental health in a step-wise…
Descriptors: Victims, Mental Disorders, Adolescents, Poverty
Coley, Rebekah Levine; Sims, Jacqueline; Dearing, Eric; Spielvogel, Bryn – Child Development, 2018
Research has identified risks of both poverty and affluence for adolescents. This study sought to clarify associations between income and youth mental and behavioral health by delineating economic risks derived from family, neighborhood, and school contexts within a nationally representative sample of high school students (N = 13,179, average age…
Descriptors: Risk, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Warnecke, Ashlee; Lewine, Richard – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
The present study sought to better understand the role of stress and trauma history and resiliency among students from low socioeconomic backgrounds and their college academic outcomes. Self-reported history of stressful and traumatic life events, resilience, and demographic factors were collected at orientation for 54 "poor" students as…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Stress Variables, Trauma, Resilience (Psychology)
Perry, Danielle M.; Tabb, Karen M. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
Residing in high-risk urban neighborhoods has a significant impact on the optimal psychosocial development of adolescent African American males. Living in these environments often increases exposure to economic distress and attendance at under-resourced schools, which may diminish opportunities for successful life outcomes. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Mental Health, Adolescents, African Americans
Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
Kim, Pilyoung; Bianco, Hannah – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Poverty-associated chronic stress is a serious threat not only to a mother's mental health but also to maternal functioning. Recent neuroimaging studies suggest that a mother's brain undergoes dynamic changes to support her transition to parenthood, including better emotion regulation and heightened sensitivity to infants. However, we propose that…
Descriptors: Poverty, Stress Variables, Mothers, Mental Health
Jepkemboi, Grace; Jolly, Pauline; Gillyard, KaNesha; Lissanu, Lydia – Childhood Education, 2016
According to UNICEF, 13.3 million children (0-17 years) worldwide have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Nearly 12 million of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa. Together, with other children who have been severely impacted by the AIDS pandemic, these orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) are at higher risk of missing out on schooling,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Youth, Institutionalized Persons
Women's Use of Multi sector Mental Health Services in a Community-Based Perinatal Depression Program
Price, Sarah Kye – Social Work Research, 2010
Low-income and ethnic minority women have been described as at risk for experiencing depression during and around the time of pregnancy, a finding complicated by low levels of mental health service use within this population. This study retrospectively examined data from a community-based perinatal depression project targeting low-income women in…
Descriptors: Health Services, Poverty, Low Income, Females
