PO169: Youth Well-Being Risk and Protective Factors, 2011–2021

  • PMD: 4,6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. list and define examples of risk factors and protective factors associated with high school students' social, emotional, and behavioral well-being;
  2. describe trends in these risk and protective factors' prevalence across 10 years of national data; and
  3. explain opportunities for schools to better manage risk factors and boost protective factors to promote high school students' well-being.

Description

This poster describes trends and predictors of youth mental health risk and protective factors from a national longitudinal dataset as well as implications for school-based identification, prevention, and promotion initiatives.

Presenter(s)

Jingwen Zhou, University of Delaware
Brittany Zakszeski, University of Delaware

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