ArticleEuropean journal of public health2021
Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort.
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- The role of school connectedness in the prevention of youth depression and anxiety: a systematic review with youth consultation.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- A Prospective Study of the Association Between School Connectedness in Adolescence and Social Connection in Adulthood.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- The Application of Bronfenbrenner's Bio-ecological Model in Children and Young People's Mental Health Research: A Rapid Review.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Psychosocial conditions during school-age as determinants of long-term labour market attachment: a study of the Northern Swedish Cohort from the 1980s to the 2020s.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The association between physical activity and subjective well-being among adolescents in southwest China by parental absence: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFoundations for mental health are laid early in family and school life. Family climate embraces the emotional connections within a family, and school connectedness embraces both functional and affective dimensions of relationship with school. Based on the lack of theory-driven and longitudinal epidemiological studies addressing public mental health, the aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the associations between adolescents' school connectedness, family climate and depressiveness in adulthood, by relying on Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory.
methodsThe data are from the Northern Swedish Cohort, and the sample consists of 481 women and 526 men born in 1965 who participated in data collection at age 16, 21, 30 and 43. The generalized linear model method with random intercepts was used to examine the associations between family climate and school connectedness and depressiveness in adulthood.
resultsPoor school connectedness was associated with depressiveness in adulthood [β = 0.038 (95% CI 0.018-0.058) P ≤ 0.001], but poor family climate was not [β = 0.014 (95% CI -0.004-0.032)]. No difference in associations was observed between those experiencing social/material adversities in adolescence.
conclusionsThis study shows that poor school connectedness in adolescence can affect depressiveness in adulthood. The study confirms the complex processes that determine mental health and proposes a theoretical approach appealing to public mental health research. In addition, this study concludes that more life-course studies are needed to advance the knowledge of the mechanisms behind the associations between family climate and school connectedness and depressiveness in adulthood.
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