Associations of Perceived School and Year Group Climate with Mental Health Among Children Aged 7-to-11 Years.

ABSTRACT: Schools are an important setting for interventions to improve mental health. There is growing evidence that school climate - sometimes expressed as the perceptions that children have about the relationships, safety, values, and beliefs within their school - can impact child mental health. Poor child mental health is associated with feelings of distress as well deficits in functioning. However, while most studies have focused on school climate, climate at lower levels of nesting, including year group, may be important. Cross-sectional data on emotional and behavioural difficulties from 32,606 children in primary schools in Wales (ages 7-11, year groups 3-6) were collected via a school survey, delivered online and within the classroom environment to all children who consented, and analysed u

SUBMITTER: Donaldson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11906510 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature