The Role of Schools in Early Adolescents' Mental Health: Findings From the MYRIAD Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent studies suggest mental health in youths is deteriorating. The current policy in the United Kingdom emphasizes the role of schools for mental health promotion and prevention, but little data exist on what aspects of schools influence mental health in pupils. This study explored school-level influences on the mental health of young people in a large school-based sample from the United Kingdom.

Method

Baseline data from a large cluster randomized controlled trial collected between 2016 and 2018 from mainstream secondary schools selected to be representative in relation to their quality rating, size, deprivation, mixed or single-sex pupil population, and country were analyzed. Participants were pupils in their first or second year of secondary school. The study

SUBMITTER: Ford T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8669152 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature