SynthesisJournal of adolescence2019
The role of school race/ethnic composition in mental health outcomes: A systematic literature review.
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- Neighborhood Deprivation and Adolescent Mental Health: The Protective Role of School Staffing Patterns.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026Article
- The long-term impact of racial and ethnic school composition on late-life cognition, depressive symptoms, and overall health among older US Latinos.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- School Ethnic Density and Mental Health Problems in Black, Latine, and White Preadolescent Children.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Article
- School racial/ethnic composition, effect modification by caring teacher/staff presence, and mid-/late-life depressive symptoms: findings from the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Individual and regional differences in the effects of school racial segregation on Black students' health.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- The Relation between Intergroup Contact and Subjective Well-Being among College Students at Minzu Universities: The Moderating Role of Social Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Party, Academic, or Prepped for College? School Norm Profiles and Adolescent Well-being using National Data.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2022Article
- Ethnic Diversity and Students' Social Adjustment in Dutch Classrooms.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Article
- Association between school racial/ethnic composition during adolescence and adult health.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Estimating School Race/Ethnic Enrollment Effects on Student Mental Health: Density and Diversity as a Risk or Protective Factor.Ethnicity & disease · 2021Article
- Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Risk Correlates among Racially-Diverse Urban Adolescents.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThis systematic literature review provides evidence concerning the association of school race/ethnic composition in mental health outcomes among adolescents (ages 11-17 years). A range of mental health outcomes were assessed (e.g., internalizing behaviors, psychotic symptoms) in order to broadly capture the relationship between school context on mental health and psychological wellbeing.
methodsA search across six databases from 1990 to 2018 resulted in 13 articles from three countries (United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands) that met inclusion criteria following a two step review of titles/abstracts and full-text.
resultsThe existing research on school race/ethnic composition and mental health point to two distinct measures of school composition: density-the proportion of one race/ethnic group enrolled in a school, and diversity-an index capturing the range and size of all race/ethnic groups enrolled in a school. Overall, higher same race/ethnic peer density was associated with better mental health for all adolescents. In contrast, there was no overall strong evidence of mental health advantage in schools with increased diversity.
conclusionsTheoretical and methodological considerations for future research towards strengthening causal inference, and implications for policies and practices concerning the mental health of adolescent-aged students are discussed.
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