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Article: School connectedness and the transition into and out of health-risk behavior among adolescents: a comparison of social belonging and teacher support.
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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Supportive and caring relations within families promote academic achievement and protect against involvement in health-risk behaviors by adolescents. (1-4) Similarly, supportive and caring relationships within schools (henceforth, school connectedness) promote academic motivation among adolescents. (5-11) Much less is known, however, about the influence of school connectedness on adolescent health-risk behaviors. Previous research generally suffers from two limitations. First, most research is cross-sectional. (12-15) The longitudinal research that does exist does not distinguish between initiation or escalation or reduction of health-risk behaviors. (16,17) Second, school ...