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Exclusionary School Discipline Policies and Mental Health in a National Sample of Adolescents without Histories of Suspension or Expulsion

Eyllon, Mara, Salhi, Carmel, Griffith, John L., Lincoln, Alisa K.·2022·Youth & Society

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We apply the theory of collateral consequences and a social stress process framework to school discipline to examine whether exclusionary school discipline policies are associated with the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents who have never been suspended or expelled and whether this association varies across race/ethnicity. Data are from 8,878 adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Hierarchical linear models examined associations between discipline policies and adolescent depressive symptoms and school-connectedness, and modification by race/ethnicity. Schools had high levels of exclusionary discipline for both violent and non-violent infractions. More exclusionary policies were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms ( b = 1.03, 95% CI: 0.15, 1.91, p < .05). Sense of school-connectedness was not associated with disciplinary policies. Neither association was modified by race/ethnicity.

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Authors
Eyllon, M., Salhi, C., Griffith, J. L., & Lincoln, A. K.
Affiliations
  • Boston Medical Center (US)
  • Northeastern University (US)
Corresponding author
Eyllon, Mara
Venue
Youth & Society
Published
2020-09-23
Volume
54
Issue
1
Pages
84-103
ISSN
  • 0044-118X (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8499
OpenAlex
W3087786288
Cited by
45
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2
FWCI
4.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Youth & Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Keywords
school discipline policy, adolescent mental health, depressive symptoms, school connectedness, collateral consequences, racial and ethnic differences

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