1. Implementation quality of whole-school mental health promotion and students' academic performance.
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Dix, Katherine L., Slee, Phillip T., Lawson, Michael J., and Keeves, John P.
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ACADEMIC achievement ,MENTAL health ,HUMAN services programs ,HEALTH promotion ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,ELEMENTARY schools ,LONGITUDINAL method ,PARENTS ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,REGRESSION analysis ,STATISTICAL sampling ,PSYCHOLOGY of school children ,SCHOOL health services ,TEACHERS ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Background: This paper argues for giving explicit attention to the quality of implementation of school-wide mental health promotions and examines the impact of implementation quality on academic performance in a major Australian mental health initiative. Method: Hierarchical linear modelling was used to investigate change in standardised academic performance across the 2-year implementation of a mental health initiative in 96 Australian primary (or elementary) schools that was focused on improving student social-emotional competencies. Results: After controlling for differences in socioeconomic background, a significant positive relationship existed between quality of implementation and academic performance. The difference between students in high- and low-implementing schools was equivalent to a difference in academic performance of up to 6 months of schooling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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