ERIC Number: EJ1406260
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
EISSN: EISSN-1546-8364
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The Relationship of School Connectedness to Adolescents' Engagement in Co-Occurring Health Risks: A Meta-Analytic Review
India D. Rose; Catherine A. Lesesne; Jing Sun; Michelle M. Johns; Xiaodong Zhang; Marci Hertz
Journal of School Nursing, v40 n1 p58-73 2024
School connectedness is an important factor in the lives of youth and are a leverage point for optimizing youth's social, emotional, and physical health. This study presents a meta-analysis examining the relationship between school connectedness and four health domains that are prevalent in adolescence, have implications for adult health, and often co-occur: mental health, sexual health, violence, and high-risk substance use. Ninety articles published between 2009 and 2019 were included in the analysis. The study found that school connectedness had a protective average effect size across all health domains (Hedges' g = -0.345, p-value<0.001). When examined separately, school connectedness had a significant protective relationship with substance use (g = -0.379, p < 0.001), mental health (Hedges' g = -0.358, p < 0.001), violence (Hedges' g = -0.318, p < 0.001), sexual health (Hedges' g = -0.145, p < 0.001), and with co-occurring risks (Hedges' g = -0.331, p < 0.001). These results provide strong evidence that school connectedness has the potential to prevent and mitigate multiple health risks during adolescence.
Descriptors: Correlation, Student School Relationship, Risk, Health Behavior, Meta Analysis, Mental Health, Physical Health, Substance Abuse, Violence, Adolescents, School Nurses, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) (DHHS/CDC), Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: HHSD2002013M53944B
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