Implementation quality of whole‐school mental health promotion and students’ academic performance
Open Access
- 31 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Vol. 17 (1), 45-51
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00608.x
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.Keywords
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