ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2015
Associations of School Connectedness With Adolescent Suicidality: Gender Differences and the Role of Risk of Depression.
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- Population attributable risk of factors associated with the repetition of self-harm behaviour in young people presenting to clinical services: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- School connectedness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A systematic meta-analysis.School psychology quarterly : the official journal of the Division of School Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2017Pooled it
- LET's CONNECT community mentorship program for youths with peer social problems: Preliminary findings from a randomized effectiveness trial.Journal of community psychology · 2018Trial
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- School Connectedness and Mental Health Among Black Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Early substance use and the school environment: A multilevel latent class analysis.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2024Article
- Suicidal Behaviors in Early Adolescence: The Interaction Between School Connectedness and Mental Health.School mental health · 2023Article
- Adolescent Connectedness: A Scoping Review of Available Measures and Their Psychometric Properties.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Lower thriving among females with hearing impairment than males - a cross-sectional study of 185 primary and secondary students in Greenland.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Connectedness to Family, School, and Neighborhood and Adolescents' Internalizing Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Social-Ecological Approach to Understanding the Relationship between Cyberbullying Victimization and Suicidal Ideation in South Korean Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of School Connectedness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Segmenting or Summing the Parts? A Scoping Review of Male Suicide Research in Canada.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2021Article
- An Examination of Peer Victimization and Internalizing Problems through a Racial Equity Lens: Does School Connectedness Matter?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Positive Youth Development in Croatia: School and Family Factors Associated With Mental Health of Croatian Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivePrevious studies have not examined associations of school connectedness with adolescent suicidal behaviours stratified by gender, while including a measure of depression. We analyzed survey data to determine whether there are independent protective associations of higher school connectedness with suicidal behaviours in Canadian adolescents, while controlling for potential confounders, including risk of depression; and whether such associations differ by gender.
methodUsing data from a stratified cluster sample of randomly selected classes of students in schools in 3 of Canada's Atlantic provinces, we used multiple logistic regression to examine whether associations of risk of depression, measured using the 12-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale, lessened protective associations of higher school connectedness with suicidal behaviours in grades 10 and 12 students, while stratifying by gender.
resultsAfter adjusting for risk of depression, higher school connectedness was independently associated with decreased suicidal ideation in both genders and with suicidal attempt in females. In males, higher connectedness was no longer protective for suicide attempt when risk of depression was included in the model.
conclusionsSchool connectedness, which is felt to have positive influences on many types of adolescent behaviour, appears to also be both directly and indirectly protective for suicidality. These effects may occur through different pathways in females and males. Given the protection it offers both genders, including those at risk and not at risk of depression, increasing school connectedness should be considered as a universal adolescent mental health strategy. Studies that examine school connectedness should include analyses that examine potential differences between males and females.
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