title: School wellbeing among children in grades 1-10.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Determinants of children's school wellbeing have not been extensively studied. In this cross-sectional study of school children we assessed how factors assumed to promote wellbeing and factors assumed to adversely influence wellbeing were associated with self-reported wellbeing in school.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children from five schools, 230 boys and 189 girls in grades 1-10, responded to the same set of questions. We used proportional odds logistic regression to assess the associations of promoting and restraining factors with school wellbeing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In a multivariable analysis, degree of school wellbeing in boys was strongly and positively related to enjoying school work (odds ratio, 3.84, 95% CI 2.38 to 6.22) and receiving necessary help (odds ratio, 3.55, 95% CI 2.17 to 5.80) from teachers. In girls, being bothered during lessons was strongly and negatively associated with school wellbeing (odds ratio, 0.43, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.85).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different factors may determine school wellbeing in boys and girls, but for both genders, factors relevant for lessons may be more important than factors related to recess. Especially in boys, the student-teacher relationship may be of particular importance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. audhild.lohre@ntnu.no
authors.forename: Audhild
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Løhre
authors.forename: Stian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lydersen
authors.forename: Lars J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Vatten
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009664:Norway; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012574:Schools
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