School connectedness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A systematic meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Among the protective factors associated with reduced risk for suicide, scientific inquiries into school connectedness are especially important considering that schools are ideally situated to provide interventions reaching the vast majority of youth. Although there is a wealth of research that supports the association between school connectedness and reduced self-report of adolescents having a suicidal thought or making a suicide attempt, inconsistencies in the way studies have measured and operationalized school connectedness limit synthesis across findings. This meta-analytic study investigates the literature exploring associations between school connectedness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors across general and subpopulations (high risk and sexual minority youth) using a random effect

SUBMITTER: Marraccini ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5359058 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature