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<p>School mental health professionals (SMHPs) help foster safe school environments by strengthening school-family-community connections. However, scant attention has been paid to SMHPs’ perceptions of school safety and how these perceptions and their perceived roles shape their actions with students and broader community. Grounded in social cognitive theory, this study examines associations between SMHPs’ perceptions of organizational health, school safety, school belonging, and perceived impact of their role and their actions supporting students and school-community relationships, controlling for sociodemographics and school ethnic-racial makeup. Using structural equation modeling with data from 219 SMHPs (64.8% school counselors, 35.2% school social workers) in a Southwestern state, results showed that organizational health positively predicted school belonging and perceived impact of role in school safety. Perceptions of school safety negatively predicted SMHPs’ actions with students. Additionally, organizational health had an indirect association with SMHPs’ actions via school belonging. Findings highlight the need to improve organizational climate to enhance SMHPs’ well-being and strengthen their impact on student outcomes.</p>

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Factors that Influence School Mental Health Professionals’ Actions with Students and School-Family-Community

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年5月19日

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  • Emine Ozturk,
  • Sarah Lindstrom Johnson,
  • Brooke A. Johnson,
  • Anthony A. Peguero

摘要

School mental health professionals (SMHPs) help foster safe school environments by strengthening school-family-community connections. However, scant attention has been paid to SMHPs’ perceptions of school safety and how these perceptions and their perceived roles shape their actions with students and broader community. Grounded in social cognitive theory, this study examines associations between SMHPs’ perceptions of organizational health, school safety, school belonging, and perceived impact of their role and their actions supporting students and school-community relationships, controlling for sociodemographics and school ethnic-racial makeup. Using structural equation modeling with data from 219 SMHPs (64.8% school counselors, 35.2% school social workers) in a Southwestern state, results showed that organizational health positively predicted school belonging and perceived impact of role in school safety. Perceptions of school safety negatively predicted SMHPs’ actions with students. Additionally, organizational health had an indirect association with SMHPs’ actions via school belonging. Findings highlight the need to improve organizational climate to enhance SMHPs’ well-being and strengthen their impact on student outcomes.