TY - JOUR
T1 - School Climate, Deployment, and Mental Health Among Students in Military-Connected Schools
AU - De Pedro, Kris Tunac
AU - Astor, Ron Avi
AU - Gilreath, Tamika D.
AU - Benbenishty, Rami
AU - Berkowitz, Ruth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - adolescents
KW - mental health
KW - military-connected youth
KW - school climate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034597564&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0044118X15592296
DO - 10.1177/0044118X15592296
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AN - SCOPUS:85034597564
SN - 0044-118X
VL - 50
SP - 93
EP - 115
JO - Youth and Society
JF - Youth and Society
IS - 1
ER -