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Beyond School Climate: Conceptualizing the School as a Protective Factor Approach.

Michael J Mann¹, Alfgeir L Kristjansson², Megan L Smith¹

¹School of Public and Population Health, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1835.

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Summary

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The School as a Protective Factor approach enhances school climate by addressing limitations and promoting student academic achievement and health. This framework offers a manageable, integrated strategy for schools to support student needs effectively.

Keywords:

academic achievement adolescent depression adolescent mental health adolescent substance abuse school climate school health

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Background:

The concept of school climate has faced critiques regarding unaddressed limitations.
Existing approaches to school climate have not fully met the needs of students.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce the School as a Protective Factor (SPFs) approach as an advancement over traditional school climate models.
To provide a framework for creating protective school environments that support academic and health outcomes.

Main Methods:

Conceptualizing and defining the School as a Protective Factor approach.
Developing validated measures for key constructs within the SPFs framework.
Prioritizing high-impact constructs for practical implementation.

Main Results:

The SPFs approach offers a new framework for conceptualizing and measuring protective school environments.
It co-promotes academic achievement and student health, including mental health and substance use prevention.
The framework is parsimonious, focusing on well-established, high-impact constructs.

Conclusions:

The SPFs approach provides a simple, integrated means to meet students' developmental, academic, and health needs.
It is manageable for school personnel and easily integrated into daily school activities.
Includes brief, effective, and free measurement tools for practical application and policy development.