Parenting a Problem Adolescent: Resilience
Tunmore (cited in Regel & Roberts, 2002, 73) outlined various mental health promoting factors (based on evidence) that are relevant to adolescent kids and to parents alike to reflect upon. They include:
Individual
- Self-esteem, sociability and autonomy
- Social support systems that encourage personal effort and coping
- Good communication skills
- A sense of humour
- Religious faith
- The capacity to reflect
Family (Group)
- Family compassion, warmth and absence of parental discord
- At least one good parent-child relationship
- Affection
- Appropriate and consistent discipline
- Family support for education
Environment
- A wider support network within the community
- Good housing
- A high standard of living
- A range of positive sport and leisure activities
- A high morale school offering a safe and disciplined environment with strong academic and non-academic opportunities
Whilst there are some important factors here, you need to have a bit of caution in places, because for example a high morale school is clearly a value-laden assumption. It is not unreasonable to argue that for some well off children, they are at greater advantage economically and socially, than their poorer counterparts, in gaining a quality education. However if this could be achieved then yes a high morale school as described could be beneficial for social and emotion health.