Students can become more productive and focused when they use the mindfulness practice of setting intentions, write educators Taylor Hausburg and Zachary Herrmann. They note that it's important for students to understand the difference between goals - or targets they want to reach - and intentions, which are principles that link actions to personal values.

Active shooter drills at schools could harm the psychological development of young students, asserts Melissa Reeves, a professor at Winthrop University and former president of the National Association of School Psychologists. In this interview, she describes how the drills can potentially trigger students who have experienced trauma and suggests schools practice lockdown procedures instead.

Teenagers being bullied may withdraw, show signs of anxiety and depression and have academic issues, says licensed clinical social worker Nicole McQuillen. Parents should avoid escalating the situation and should speak with an official at the school "to explore what's going on and what can be done," she says.

Children's physical activity levels drop significantly during their primary school years, research finds.

Op mod en femtedel af alle danske børn og unge mistrives og har tegn på psykisk sygdom i deres opvækst.

A new study has examined a reform of the Swedish school system; a reform centred on the introduction of grades and increased use of testing, especially standardised national tests, in the 6th and 7th school year. The reform had an indirect effect on psychosomatic symptoms and life satisfaction for these pupils. The negative effects of…

Preschoolers with elevated ScreenQ scores had reduced structural integrity of white matter in brain areas involved with literacy and language, compared with more well-developed white matter among those with lower ScreenQ scores, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers also found a strong connection between higher ScreenQ scores and poorer emerging literacy, expressive language…

Elever på fem olika skolor i Helsingborg fick börja mattelektionen med sju minuters träning. Resultatet efter några månader var tydligt. Koncentrationen och arbetsminnet blev bättre.

Kan artificiell intelligens, AI, förbättra stödet till unga som är i riskzonen för psykisk ohälsa? I ett nytt, flerårigt projekt ska forskare vid Luleå tekniska universitet undersöka detta.

Studier vid Högskolan i Halmstad visar att vartannat barn vid fem års ålder med förhöjt midjemått riskerar att missas när endast BMI används som mått. Dessa barn går dock att identifiera om måttet WHtR (midjemått-längd-kvot) används som komplement.

Exponering för blandningar av kemikalier under graviditeten kopplas till lägre kognitiv förmåga hos barn vid sju års ålder. De handlar om om kemiska ämnen från vanliga hushållsartiklar, plaster, bekämpningsmedel och mat.

En ny studie undersöker om lärarassistenter avlastar lärarna. Resultaten visar att lärarna får mer undervisningstid men att de känner mindre psykisk stress.