School climate plays an important role in the development

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2023 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 29 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Placing Social and Emotional Support at the Center of School Climate: A Scoping Review of Measures for Middle and Secondary Schools (2026) · Educational Psychology Review · cited 1× · doi

  the lack of explicit attention to social and emotional learning in school climate measures - the limited scope of previous reviews, which often focus on specific measurement formats or contexts - the need for a comprehensive review of school climate measures that captures their integration of social and emotional learning support

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: lack explicit attention social emotional learning school climate
• Placing Social and Emotional Support at the Center of School Climate: A Scoping Review of Measures for Middle and Secondary Schools (2026) · Educational Psychology Review · cited 1× · doi

  further research is needed to develop school climate measures that explicitly address SEL, - studies should investigate the relationship between school climate and social and emotional learning, - research should focus on developing measures that are applicable to different educational settings

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: further research needed develop school climate measures explicitly
• School belonging mediates the association between negative school climate and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents: a national population-based longitudinal study (2024) · Frontiers in Psychology · cited 10× · doi

  Further studies should explore the mechanisms underlying the relationship between negative school climate and depressive symptoms - Future interventions for adolescent depressive symptoms should be designed based on the findings of this study - More research is needed to understand the role of school belonging in the association between negative school climate and depressive symptoms

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: further studies explore mechanisms underlying relationship between negative
• Social Workers’ Perspectives on the Climate of Trauma-Informed and Non-Trauma-Informed Schools (2026) · Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma · doi

  There is a lack of research on the perspectives of social workers on school climate. Prior studies have not examined the characteristics of trauma-informed culture and climate that are associated with social workers' identification of a school as trauma informed. The study addresses a gap in the literature by exploring school climate from the perspective of social workers.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there lack research perspectives social workers school climate
• Perceived school climate and adolescent behaviors among Chinese adolescents: Mediating effect of social‐emotional learning competencies (2023) · Psychology in the Schools · cited 17× · doi

  Abstract Although school climate plays an important role in the development of adolescent prosocial behaviors and problem behaviors, little is known about the mechanisms underlying school climate's impact on such behaviors, particularly in Chinese adolescents.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: behaviors school climate abstract plays important role development adolescent prosocial problem little known mechanisms underlying

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