University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
J Adolesc Health. 2013 Jul;53(1):142-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.02.019. Epub 2013 Apr 25.
This study examines the role of school sense of community and school unfairness in predicting psychosomatic symptoms among Italian early adolescents. The study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the relations between individual and school characteristics, and students' psychosomatic symptoms.
Data were analyzed using a two-level model based on 22,552 students (49.8% boys; M age = 15.70, SD = .69) nested within 1,111 schools. A questionnaire devised by the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) international group was used.
Sense of community and procedural unfairness in the school at the individual level showed a significant association with students' psychosomatic symptoms. School characteristics predicted between-school variation in psychosomatic symptoms, in that procedural unfairness at the school level increased the risk for psychosomatic symptoms and a sense of community in the school protected students.
The present study suggests that the quality-of-school context may have a key role in predicting students' psychosomatic symptoms.
本研究考察了学校社区感和学校不公平感在预测意大利早期青少年身心症状中的作用。该研究采用分层线性模型，考察了个体和学校特征与学生身心症状之间的关系。
利用基于 22552 名学生（49.8%为男生；平均年龄=15.70，标准差=0.69）的 2 水平模型进行数据分析，学生被嵌套在 1111 所学校中。采用健康行为在青少年群体（HBSC）国际组织设计的问卷进行调查。
个体层面的社区感和学校程序不公平与学生身心症状存在显著关联。学校特征预测了身心症状的学校间变异，即学校层面的程序不公平增加了身心症状的风险，而学校中的社区感则保护了学生。
本研究表明，学校质量环境可能在预测学生身心症状方面发挥关键作用。
