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Hilary D Joyce1, Theresa J Early2.
Abstract
Using data from Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study examined the association between school connectedness and teacher support and depressive symptoms in a weighted sample of 11,852 adolescents from 132 schools. To account for the nested data, multilevel regression was utilized. The results indicated higher school connectedness and getting along with teachers were significantly associated with fewer depressive symptoms. Findings offer implications for school social work practice and future research. Suggestions for future research are described and strategies to enhance school connectedness and teacher support are discussed.Entities:
Keywords: adolescents; depressive symptoms; school connectedness; teacher support
Year: 2014 PMID: 25132696 PMCID: PMC4130363 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.02.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Youth Serv Rev ISSN: 0190-7409