Research project KUPOL – Knowledge of adolescents' mental health and learning | EPHIR
Kupol is a large-scale national research project conducted by researchers at ̽ѡ in collaboration with researchers from Stockholm University and Uppsala University. The overarching aim of the study has been to investigate the relationship between the school environment and adolescents’ mental health. The data collection ended in 2018 but the scientific activity is ongoing, and it is possible for researchers to apply for data from the study.
The Kupol study was carried out at 101 secondary schools in Mid- and Southern Sweden between the years 2012-2018 and includes a cohort of circa 4000 children – all of which enrolled in grade seven in the fall of 2013 or 2014.
Kupol has also collected information from legal guardians/parents, principals, teachers, and other students at the participating schools, as well as data from regional and national registers and saliva samples from a sub sample of the cohort.
The Kupol study's core research questions:
- Is school pedagogic environment and its specific dimensions (e.g. pedagogic leadership, teaching methods, relations in school) associated with the risk of mental ill-health and of psychiatric disorders in adolescence?
- Is this potential association moderated by gender?
- To what extent is the potential relation between school pedagogic environment and mental health mediated by academic achievements?
- Is school pedagogic environment associated with mental ill-health through modifications in the expression of genes, e.g. those regulating response to stress?
Apply for data
If you wish to request data from the Kupol study, please use the application form. Find instructions for where to send your application included in the form.
Application form
If the research question is not covered by Kupol’s original ethical review application you must include a copy of your application to the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, as well as the verdict, in your application to Kupol.
If you want personal data, you must also sign a Personal data processor's contract. Please contact us for guidance.
Contact
Rosaria Galanti
Professor, Principal investigatorFilip Andersson
Phd StudentPublications from the study
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 2020;25(1). DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2020.1810082
– PLoS One. 2020;15(2):e0229505. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229505.
– BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):1695. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8018-0.
– Journal of Adolescent Health. 2019;64:6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.11.015.
– Child & Youth Care Forum. April 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10566-019-09508-6.
– Journal of Early Adolescence. March 2019. DOI: 10.1177/0272431619833479.
– European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. October 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s00787-018-1237-6.
– Translational Psychiatry. 2018;8:121. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-018-0169-8.
– European Journal of Publich Health. 2018;28:3. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky025.
– Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. February 2018. DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2017.1415962
– Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 2016;34:3. DOI: 10.1177/0734282915595332.
– BMC Psychiatry. 2016;16:243. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0919-1.
–&Բ;Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. December 2016. DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2016.1258661.
Research programme
Participating schools
Gävleborg County
- Bergsjö skola
- Hudikskola
- Jernvallskolan
- äDZ
- Norrtullskolan
- Sofiedalskolan
- Östra skolan
Jönköpings County
- Bor skola
- Forsheda skola
- ҰöԻ岹DZ
- Hagabodaskolan
- ܲ첹åDZ
- Nordinskolan
- Parkskolan
- Prolympia Jönköping
Stockholm County
- Akalla grundskola
- Alfaskolan
- Birkaskolan
- Broskolan
- ܲԲԲäԲDZ
- äԲDZ
- Castello Järla sjö
- Ekebyholmsskolan
- Engelbrektsskolan
- Engelska skolan Norr
- Framstegsskolan
- Futuraskolan Hertig Karl
- Futuraskolan International Kottla
- Grundskolan Metapontum
- äDZ
- Hemmestaskolan
- Johan Skytteskolan
- Järna friskola
- Järna grundskola/Eneskolan
- Karsby International School
- Katarina Norra skola
- Kristofferskolan
- Kulturama Grundskola Sundbyberg
- Kunskapsskolan Saltsjöbaden
- Kunskapsskolan Spånga
- Kunskapsskolan Täby
- Kvarnbergsskolan
- Maria Elementar skola
- Martinskolan
- Matteusskolan
- ѲöDZ
- Norrbergskolan
- Nyckelskolan
- ä貹DZ
- Pershagenskolan
- Raoul Wallenbergskolan
- Roslagsskolan
- Rudanskolan
- öԲDZ
- äٳٲåDZ
Södermanland County
- Europaskolan Rogge
- Friskolan Asken
- Järvenskolan Södra
- Tegelviken
- վåDZ/dzٳٲDZ
- Vittra Kungshagen
- ÅDZ
Uppsala County
- Futurum
- ҰԲäٱDZ
- Potentia Education
- Uppsala Musikklasser
- Västra Stenhagenskolan
- Älvboda friskola
- Örbyhus skola
- Östervåla skola
Västmanland County
- äDZ
- Fryxellska skolan
- Kung Karls skola
- Malmaskolan
- Persboskolan
- Risbroskolan
- Tunboskolan
- ÖԲٲDZ
Värmland County
- Estetiska skolan
- Forshaga lärcenter
- ǰäDZ
- Gunnarsbyskolan
- Sannerudsskolan.
Örebro County
- Folkasboskolan
- Hannaskolan
- Internationella Engelska skolan Örebro
- Klockarhagsskolan
- Lekebergsskolan
- öäԲDZ
- Transtenskolan
Financers
Kupolstudien has been financed by FORTE, VINNOVA, Formas and The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).