Factors predicting the mental health of adolescents attending a faith-based Australian school system: a multi-group structural equation analysis

Craig, Bevan Adrian; Morton, Darren; Morey, Peter; Kent, Lillian; Beamish, Peter; Gane, A Barry; Bogacs, Paul; Butler, Terry; Rankin, Paul; Price, Kevin Ross

doi:10.1080/09638237.2019.1608929

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“…The first is an individual factor, life satisfaction, while the second and third are school contextual factors, namely, student-teacher relationship and sense of community at school. Indeed, the literature on adolescent mental health is notably lacking in research on how the contextual factors associated with quality of school relationships interact with individual characteristics, such as life satisfaction, to shape mental health outcomes (Torsheim and Wold, 2001;Craig et al, 2020). In the next section, we review the existing research findings for each of these key factors.…”

Section: Protective and Risk Factors Associated With School Mental Health In Adolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents’ Mental Health at School: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction

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In this study, we further developed prior research on risk and protective factors in adolescents’ mental health. More specifically, we used structural equation modelling to assess whether relationships at school with teachers and peers, and life satisfaction predicted mental health in a large sample of adolescents, while also testing for age and gender invariance. The sample comprised 3,895 adolescents (Mage = 16.7, SD = 1.5, 41.3% girls), who completed self-report instruments assessing their perceived life satisfaction, student-teacher relationship, school connectedness and mental health. Overall, the results suggested that life satisfaction acted as a mediator between adolescents’ positive school relations and their mental health. Outcomes were invariant across genders, while quality of school relations and mental health declined with age. Limitations of the study and futures lines in mental health research among adolescents are briefly discussed.

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Section: Protective and Risk Factors Associated With School Mental Health In Adolescencementioning

confidence: 99%