The Association between Parental Support and Adolescents' Psychological Complaints: The Mediating Role of a Good School Climate.

Parental support is an important factor affecting young people's mental well-being, but the school climate also plays an important role. However, few studies have previously examined whether the school climate serves as a mediator for adolescents' mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate the association between parental support and students' psychological complaints, while also examining the possible mediating role that a good school climate may have.

Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers.

Teachers constitute an occupational group experiencing high levels of stress and with high sick-leave rates. Therefore, examining potentially protective factors is important. While prior research has mainly focused on the link between teachers' own experiences of their work environment and stress-related outcomes, it is also possible that colleagues' perception of the work environment and their possibilities for dealing with work-related stress contribute to influencing individual teachers' stress.

School Ethos and Recurring Sickness Absence: A Multilevel Study of Ninth-Grade Students in Stockholm.

School absence has been identified as a severe problem in Sweden, both at the individual level and for society as a whole. Despite the multitude and complexity of reasons behind school absence, health-related problems are likely to be one important determinant. This indicates that knowledge about factors that may contribute to preventing health-related absence among students is relevant.