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Lauren A Bell1, Brady Bushover2, Elizabeth Miller3
1Pediatric Residency Program, Department of Pediatrics (LA Bell), UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Fostering social support, school connectedness, and neighborhood cohesion can significantly reduce the odds of school suspension in adolescents. These multi-level factors are crucial for mitigating negative outcomes associated with suspension.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Adolescent Health
Background:
- School suspensions have significant health and social consequences.
- Research on social connectedness and suspension has primarily focused on school connectedness, with less attention to individual and neighborhood factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the associations between individual social support, school connectedness, and neighborhood cohesion with school suspension in a youth sample.
- To investigate the impact of multiple levels of connectedness on suspension rates.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional analysis of the Healthy Allegheny Teen Survey (n=1813, ages 14-19).
- Logistic regression models were used to assess associations between suspension and different levels of social support, school connectedness, and neighborhood cohesion.
Main Results:
- High social support, school connectedness, and neighborhood cohesion were all significantly associated with lower odds of suspension.
- When examined jointly, school connectedness and neighborhood cohesion remained significant inverse predictors of suspension.
Conclusions:
- Interventions aimed at enhancing connectedness at individual, school, and neighborhood levels hold promise for reducing school suspensions.
- Multi-level approaches to fostering connectedness are essential for adolescent well-being and reducing exclusionary school discipline.
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