ERIC Number: EJ1442819
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-7903
EISSN: EISSN-1537-7911
Multidimensional Risk and Resilience Factors in Urban Youth with Unhealthy Weight
Michael R. Capawana
Journal of Applied School Psychology, v40 n4 p317-339 2024
Childhood obesity is a prevalent health condition, the effects of which extend to mental health, social relationships, educational performance, and long-term physical health conditions. The present study focused on an optimized student support intervention that functions in predominantly high-poverty urban locations, which recognizes students as possessing unique constellations of protective and risk factors. Participants included 5,573 K-5 students that support staff identified as being overweight through a holistic, collaborative assessment process, and evaluated how these students differed from peers not perceived as overweight. Findings indicated statistically significant differences across the groups, in terms of demographic characteristics, strengths and risks recognized (in academic, social-emotional/behavioral, family, and health/medical domains), school-related academic and thriving performance scores, and the moderating effects of specific psychosocial and familial strengths and risks on those educational areas. This study underscores the importance of considering both strengths- and risks-based assessment and intervention approaches -- as well as the utility of initial identification of students -- particularly in low-income, underserved environments.
Descriptors: Risk, Resilience (Psychology), Urban Areas, Body Weight, Obesity, Intervention, Low Income Students, Elementary School Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Poverty, Public Schools, Student Behavior, Well Being, Social Emotional Learning, Attendance, Mathematics Achievement, Language Arts, Family Relationship, Health Behavior, Study Habits, Extracurricular Activities, Individual Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
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