The Survey of School Promotion of Emotional and Social Health (SSPESH) : A brief measure of the implementation of whole-school mental health promotion
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Dix, Katherine L., Green, Melissa J., Tzoumakis, Stacy, Dean, Kimberlie, Harris, Felicity, Carr, Vaughan J. and Laurens, Kristin R.. (2019). The Survey of School Promotion of Emotional and Social Health (SSPESH) : A brief measure of the implementation of whole-school mental health promotion. School Mental Health. 11(2), pp. 294-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-018-9280-5
Authors | Dix, Katherine L., Green, Melissa J., Tzoumakis, Stacy, Dean, Kimberlie, Harris, Felicity, Carr, Vaughan J. and Laurens, Kristin R. |
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Abstract | This paper describes the development of a brief school-based instrument designed for use in research and in educational practice. The Survey of School Promotion of Emotional and Social Health differentiates states of high, moderate, and low implementation of whole-school policies and practices that promote the emotional and social health of students. The instrument measures the extent to which a school has implemented policies and practices in four health-promoting domains: (a) creating a positive school community, (b) teaching social and emotional skills, (c) engaging the parent community, and (d) supporting students experiencing mental health difficulties. Responses were gathered via an online survey of Principals in almost 600 Australian primary schools in New South Wales. Preliminary psychometric properties of the instrument, and the development of an implementation index using latent class analysis, are described. The final 13-item version of the survey has broad applicability for use by researchers and evaluators for comparative and multivariate analyses. School leadership may find it useful as a brief tool to guide the identification of target areas for whole-school improvement across the four important health-promoting domains. |
Keywords | whole-school improvement; implementation index; social and emotional wellbeing; KidsMatter; psychometrics |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | School Mental Health |
Journal citation | 11 (2), pp. 294-308 |
Publisher | Springer New York LLC |
ISSN | 1866-2625 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-018-9280-5 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85049143778 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 294-308 |
Funder | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
Australian Research Council (ARC) | |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Jun 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 15 Jun 2021 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | NHMRC/1058652 |
ARC/LP110100150 | |
ARC/FT170100294 | |
NHMRC/1061875 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w3x8/the-survey-of-school-promotion-of-emotional-and-social-health-sspesh-a-brief-measure-of-the-implementation-of-whole-school-mental-health-promotion
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