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Resilience Through Belonging: Schools' Role in Promoting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Children and Young People
Behavioral Sciences, 2025
A large London study: 2,078 students aged about 11 to 18, from 81 schools. Students said three things shape whether they feel they belong at school: their social and cultural identity, their peer group, and who they are as a person. The authors argue that schools support wellbeing best through shared, relationship-based approaches, not only by teaching individual resilience.
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The relationships between school belonging and students' academic, motivational, social-emotional, and behavioural characteristics in secondary education: a meta-analytic review
Research Papers in Education, 2019
Researchers from the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and the University of Agder combined 82 studies of secondary school students. Students who feel they belong tend to be more motivated, more engaged and more confident, and are less often absent or dropping out. The links are small to moderate, and they held across grade levels and family backgrounds.
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School belongingness, well-being, and mental health among adolescents: exploring the role of loneliness
Australian Journal of Psychology
A study of 244 high school students aged 14 to 18. Students who felt included at school reported higher wellbeing and fewer mental health problems; students who felt excluded reported the opposite. Loneliness was an important part of this link, so helping students feel less alone is one way schools can protect wellbeing.
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School belonging: evidence, experts, and everyday gaps
Educational Psychology Review, 2025
Kelly-Ann Allen interviewed ten leading researchers on school belonging. Belonging is not a fixed feeling but an ongoing process, shaped by relationships, culture, school structures and leadership. The paper also names the gaps: unclear definitions, little theory built for schools, and a divide between research and classroom practice.
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Fostering Students' Sense of School Belonging: Emotional Intelligence and Socio-Ecological Perspectives
Journal of Intelligence, 2025
Interviews with 49 middle and high school teachers, using emotional intelligence as a lens. Teachers said belonging grows when students take an active part in school life, when teachers give academic and emotional support, and when parents, counsellors and school leaders each play their part. A useful bridge between SEL and belonging.
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