51. 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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