Primary school students' mental health in Uganda and its association with school violence, connectedness, and school characteristics: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have explored risk factors for poor mental health in Ugandan primary schools. This study investigated whether individual- and contextual-level school-related factors including violence from school staff and other students, connectedness to school and peers, as well as school size and urban/rural location, were associated with mental health difficulties in Ugandan children. We also examined whether associations between violence exposure at school and mental health were mediated by connectedness as well as whether associations were different for boys and girls.

Methods

The analytic sample consisted of 3,565 students from 42 primary schools participating in the Good Schools Study. Data were collected through individual interviews conducted in June and Jul

SUBMITTER: Thumann BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4966714 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature