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Schooling and the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the United States

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Schools are a central cultural context of child and adolescent development. Children spend more time in schools than in any other context outside their homes (Eccles & Roeser, 2010, 2011). Thus, success in this setting is critical to both current mental health and future life options (NAS, 2006; NCES, 2006). Yet not everyone in the USA either thrives in or completes formal K-12 schooling. Poor children (a disproportionately high percentage of whom are African-, Mexican-, and Native American) are much less likely to complete high school or enroll in and graduate from college (Aud, KewalRamani, & Frohlich, 2011). This leaves many young people unprepared to participate and prosper fully in the changing US economy (Duncan & Murane, 2011). In addition, many children, particularly but not only those living in poverty, come to school unprepared to deal with the demands of schooling and with unmet health and mental health needs (Adelman & Taylor, 2009; Greenberg et al., 2003). Lack of readiness and untreated problems can contribute to academic failure at school and growing social and behavioral problems across the school years.

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Roeser, R.W., Eccles, J.S. (2014). Schooling and the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the United States. In: Lewis, M., Rudolph, K. (eds) Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9608-3_9

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