Strong Boys and Supergirls? School Professionals' Perceptions of Students' Mental Health and Gender in Secondary School

Autor/in	Odenbring, Ylva
Titel	Strong Boys and Supergirls? School Professionals' Perceptions of Students' Mental Health and Gender in Secondary School
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 10 (2019) 3, S.258-272 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Odenbring, Ylva)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-4508
DOI	10.1080/20004508.2018.1558665
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Secondary School Students; Mental Health; Sex Stereotypes; Adolescents; Social Attitudes; Femininity; Masculinity; Mental Disorders; School Personnel; Well Being; Eating Disorders; Attendance; Anxiety; School Counselors; Stress Variables; Help Seeking; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sekundarschüler; Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Männlichkeit; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Schulpersonal; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Anwesenheit; Angst; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Schweden
Abstract	During the first decades of the twenty-first century, adolescents' perceived stress has been reported to be an important factor in explaining the health problems among students in Swedish schools. Based on interviews with key professionals working in the student welfare team in three secondary schools, the present article aims to contribute new knowledge concerning how the school professionals describe and explain students' mental health with regard to gender and the kind of support the schools offer to vulnerable students. Norms connected to the "supergirl" and respectable girl framed the explanations for girls' health-related problems, whereas the explanations for boys' health-related problems tied to a theme of marginalised masculinities. The findings lead to recommendations concerning the need to recognise and problematise students' mental health, as well as the need for more preventive work on student welfare issues, in schools and in other societal institutions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01