Abstract Sense of school belonging has a strong impact on adolescents’ well-being, and whilst there are many factors that can influence belonging, two the most salient include perceived teacher support exposure to bullying . While association between well documented in literature, less is known about how these relationships vary depending students’ socioeconomic status (SES). The aim this study...

This study examined the role of social belonging and self-esteem in acute physical health and mood in 159 young adolescents (aged 11 to 14 years). Standardized self-report measures of belongingness (school, home and community), self-esteem, acute physical symptoms, and affect, were completed for the previous month. Higher levels of inclusive belonging were associated with fewer physical symptom...

The current emphasis on performance outcomes in schools has threatened to eclipse the importance of social connectedness as an antecedent to student success. Presented is an instrument designed to measure student sense of connectedness with school based on relevant dimensions provided in the literature: student sense of belonging, engagement, expected learning, and trust. Drawing on data from o...

Abstract This article focuses on children’s perspectives of belonging to a place, in this case Finnish preprimary school setting. study explores “place-belonging” photographs originally taken by the children their activities. “Photo-telling” was applied as methodology link narrative and visual approaches. The research data consist 13 group discussions, which viewed with researcher. shows that i...