The role of school connectedness in the prevention of youth depression and anxiety: a systematic review with youth consultation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School connectedness reflects the quality of students' engagement with peers, teachers, and learning in the school environment. It has attracted attention from both the health and education sectors as a potentially modifiable protective factor for common mental health problems. However, the extent to which school connectedness may prevent the onset of youth depression or anxiety or promote their remission is unclear. This systematic review examined evidence for prospective relationships between school connectedness and depression and anxiety, and the effect of interventions to improve school connectedness on depression and anxiety.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, and ERIC electronic databases for peer-reviewed quantitative longitudinal, or intervent

SUBMITTER: Raniti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9694921 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature