Addressing Adolescent Stress in School: Perceptions of a High School Wellness Center.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents are often burdened with academic, home, and peer stressors. With adolescent mental health issues and suicide on the rise, administrators have worked with nonprofit organizations and the community to address stress and internalized behavior problems. School-based wellness centers are tranquil rooms with various sensory activities, calming nature scenes, and sounds for relaxation purposes. School-based wellness centers may have behavioral effects by reducing exposure to aversive events and increasing access to positive and negative reinforcers. There has not yet been a formal study of school-based wellness centers published in the literature. In the present study, we used questionnaires to examine the perceptions of 752 students, 124 parents, and 69 school staff of their high sch

SUBMITTER: Moya MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281574 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature