E Oberle
Biographic Data
| ID | 40567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Oberle |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Oberle |
| SIGNATURE | OBERLE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7815-2563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 161 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Comfort, care, and connection
School belonging—the psychological sense of being valued, accepted, and connected within the school community—is critical for young adolescents’ academic, social, and emotional well-being. Despite three decades of quantitative research documenting its importance, qualitative research centering young adolescents’ own perspectives on what creates or undermines their belonging experiences remains limited. This study addresses this gap through focus …
Intersecting social positions and mental wellbeing in adolescence
Childhood poverty, social support, immigration background and adolescent health and life satisfaction
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether poverty (neighborhood and household) was associated with future health or life satisfaction outcomes and whether the association operated through social support (adult support at home, adult support at school, peer belonging), or differed by the immigration background (nonimmigrant family or immigrant family) of the family. METHODS: This study utilized a retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort …
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and associations with mental well-being
Adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines was associated with higher levels of well-being, but most grades 6-8 adolescents in our study did not meet the recommendations. Given sex differences in meeting the movement behaviour recommendations, public health strategies need to consider targeted interventions aimed at improving adherence to these guidelines, particularly focusing on reducing recreational screen time and increasing physic…
Developmental health and vulnerability among young children in Pakistan
Measuring executive functions in context
Mental well-being trends and school-based protective factors among adolescents in British Columbia (2015-2022)
The decline in well-being and the protective nature of modifiable protective factors identified in our study highlight the need for population-level mental health strategies that can be implemented in partnership with school districts
Connections matter
INTRODUCTION: This study examined profiles of social connectedness among early adolescents in grade 7 before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared (Winter 2020), and in grade 8 during the second Wave of the pandemic (Winter 2021). METHOD: Linked data from 1753 early adolescents (49% female) from British Columbia, Canada who completed the Middle Years Development Instrument survey in grades 7 and 8 were used. Participants reported on life satisfactio…
Changes in peer belonging, school climate, and the emotional health of immigrant, refugee, and non‐immigrant early adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Early adolescents who are new to Canada experience dual challenges of navigating developmental changes and multiple cultures. This study examined how changes in early adolescents' emotional health from ages 9 to 12 differed by immigration background, and to what extent peer belonging and supportive school climate protected or promoted their emotional health. METHODS: This study drew upon linked self-report and administrative data. A…
Out‐of‐school time use in Pakistan
The current study addresses the lack of out-of-school time (OST) research in low- and middle-income countries by exploring OST use in the context of Pakistan and incorporating youth's voices. Using a qualitative descriptive design with focus-group discussions, we conducted a study in three middle schools set in low- to middle-income neighborhoods in urban and rural areas of Karachi, Pakistan. We engaged 86 youth (50% girls; aged 10-15 years) that…
Early Adolescents' Experiences During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Changes in Their Well-Being
Background: Early adolescence is a time of psychological and social change that can coincide with declines in mental health and well-being. This study investigated the psychological and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of students who responded to a survey in Grades 7 and 8 (ages 12-14) in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The objectives of this study were (i) to provide an overview on early adolescents' experiences and s…
Covid-19 Vaccine Intentions and Perceptions Among Public School Staff of the Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area, British Columbia, Canada
Background The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine intentions among school staff as high vaccine uptake is essential to ensure schools return to normal activities. Methods Staff (e.g., teachers, administrators, student support workers) from three urban school districts in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada completed a survey between February and June 2021 ( n = 2,393) on COVID-19 vacci…
Screen time and developmental health
Daily screen time that exceeds the recommended one-hour limit for young children, as suggested by the Canadian 24-h Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Tremblay et al. BMC Public Health. 17:874, 2017; Tremblay J Physical Activity Health. 17:92-5, 2020) is negatively associated with developmental health outcomes in early childhood. Screen-based activities should thus be limited for young children. Future research needs to examine the under…
What do Teachers do to Show They Care? Learning From the Voices of Early Adolescents
This mixed methods study examined how middle school students (ages 11–13) in middle-class neighborhoods in Western Canada characterized a caring teacher. Specifically, qualitative content analysis was conducted on 199 sixth and seventh grade students’ written responses to the question “What are three things that teachers do to show they care?” Guided by recent work in the area of mindfulness in teaching, we identified 19 themes: one was categoriz…
Pathways From Prosocial Behaviour to Emotional Health and Academic Achievement in Early Adolescence
This study examined pathways from prosocial behaviour in the beginning of the school year to emotional health and academic achievement in the end of the year, taking into account the mediating role of peer acceptance. Participants were 734 grade 4 to 7 students in public elementary schools (51% female) in Western Canada. As expected, pathway analyses taking into account the clustered structure of the data indicated that self-reported prosocial be…
Development and Validation of a Measure to Assess Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Caring Student-Teacher Relationships
There is accruing evidence documenting the importance of caring student-teacher relationships in fostering students’ social and emotional competence (SEC), well-being, and school success, particularly during early adolescence. However, few studies have investigated dimensions of caring student-teacher relationships from the perspective of early adolescents. This study describes the development and validation of the Caring Student-Teacher Relation…
Do students notice stress in teachers? Associations between classroom teacher burnout and students' perceptions of teacher social–emotional competence
The goal of the present study was to investigate the link between elementary school teacher burnout and students' perceptions of teacher social–emotional competence (SEC). A total of 676 Grades 4–7 students in 35 classrooms rated their classroom teachers' SEC. In addition, teachers self‐reported their current level of experienced burnout at work (i.e., depersonalization and emotional exhaustion). Multilevel analyses revealed significant classroom…
Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood
Mental well-being among children in foster care
Benefits of Extracurricular Participation in Early Adolescence
Positive mental health and supportive school environments
Establishing systemic social and emotional learning approaches in schools
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a fundamental part of education. Incorporating high-quality SEL programming into day-to-day classroom and school practices has emerged as a main goal for many practitioners over the past decade. The present article overviews the current state of SEL research and practice, with a particular focus on the United States. The need for a model of SEL that goes beyond the classroom is illustrated, and a systemic ap…
Stress contagion in the classroom? The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students
Enhancing cognitive and social–emotional development through a simple-to-administer mindfulness-based school program for elementary school children
The authors hypothesized that a social and emotional learning (SEL) program involving mindfulness and caring for others, designed for elementary school students, would enhance cognitive control, reduce stress, promote well-being and prosociality, and produce positive school outcomes. To test this hypothesis, 4 classes of combined 4th and 5th graders (N = 99) were randomly assigned to receive the SEL with mindfulness program versus a regular socia…
Mindfulness training and reductions in teacher stress and burnout
Mindfulness training and reductions in teacher stress and burnout: Results from two randomized, waitlist-control field trials
Stress contagion in the classroom? The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students
Enhancing cognitive and social–emotional development through a simple-to-administer mindfulness-based school program for elementary school children
The authors hypothesized that a social and emotional learning (SEL) program involving mindfulness and caring for others, designed for elementary school students, would enhance cognitive control, reduce stress, promote well-being and prosociality, and produce positive school outcomes. To test this hypothesis, 4 classes of combined 4th and 5th graders (N = 99) were randomly assigned to receive the SEL with mindfulness program versus a regular socia…
Life Satisfaction in Early Adolescence
Understanding the Link Between Social and Emotional Well-Being and Peer Relations in Early Adolescence
Benefits of Extracurricular Participation in Early Adolescence
Mindfulness and Inhibitory Control in Early Adolescence
This study examined the relationship between the executive control process of inhibition and self-reported dispositional mindfulness, controlling for gender, grade, and cortisol levels in 99 (43% female) fourth- and fifth-graders ([Formula: see text] = 10.23 years, SD = 0.53). Students completed a measure of mindful attention awareness and a computerized executive function (EF) task assessing inhibitory control. Morning cortisol levels also were …
Positive mental health and supportive school environments
Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood
Out‐of‐school time use in Pakistan
The current study addresses the lack of out-of-school time (OST) research in low- and middle-income countries by exploring OST use in the context of Pakistan and incorporating youth's voices. Using a qualitative descriptive design with focus-group discussions, we conducted a study in three middle schools set in low- to middle-income neighborhoods in urban and rural areas of Karachi, Pakistan. We engaged 86 youth (50% girls; aged 10-15 years) that…
Pathways From Prosocial Behaviour to Emotional Health and Academic Achievement in Early Adolescence
This study examined pathways from prosocial behaviour in the beginning of the school year to emotional health and academic achievement in the end of the year, taking into account the mediating role of peer acceptance. Participants were 734 grade 4 to 7 students in public elementary schools (51% female) in Western Canada. As expected, pathway analyses taking into account the clustered structure of the data indicated that self-reported prosocial be…
The Development of Theory of Mind Reasoning in Micronesian Children
In this study, the development of false-belief understanding was investigated among 3–5-year-old Yapese and Fais children in Micronesia. Sixty-nine children took part in an experiment investigating their understanding of false belief with a culturally adjusted surprise content task, which has been widely used in Theory of Mind (ToM) research and was first introduced by Hogrefe, Wimmer and Perner (1986). The results show that as in western culture…
What do Teachers do to Show They Care? Learning From the Voices of Early Adolescents
This mixed methods study examined how middle school students (ages 11–13) in middle-class neighborhoods in Western Canada characterized a caring teacher. Specifically, qualitative content analysis was conducted on 199 sixth and seventh grade students’ written responses to the question “What are three things that teachers do to show they care?” Guided by recent work in the area of mindfulness in teaching, we identified 19 themes: one was categoriz…
The Development of Theory of Mind Reasoning in Micronesian Children
In this study, the development of false-belief understanding was investigated among 3–5-year-old Yapese and Fais children in Micronesia. Sixty-nine children took part in an experiment investigating their understanding of false belief with a culturally adjusted surprise content task, which has been widely used in Theory of Mind (ToM) research and was first introduced by Hogrefe, Wimmer and Perner (1986). The results show that as in western culture…
Understanding the Link Between Social and Emotional Well-Being and Peer Relations in Early Adolescence
Mindfulness and Inhibitory Control in Early Adolescence
This study examined the relationship between the executive control process of inhibition and self-reported dispositional mindfulness, controlling for gender, grade, and cortisol levels in 99 (43% female) fourth- and fifth-graders ([Formula: see text] = 10.23 years, SD = 0.53). Students completed a measure of mindful attention awareness and a computerized executive function (EF) task assessing inhibitory control. Morning cortisol levels also were …
Life Satisfaction in Early Adolescence
Kindness Counts
At the top of parents' many wishes is for their children to be happy, to be good, and to be well-liked. Our findings suggest that these goals may not only be compatible but also reciprocal. In a longitudinal experiment conducted in 19 classrooms in Vancouver, 9- to 11-year olds were instructed to perform three acts of kindness (versus visit three places) per week over the course of 4 weeks. Students in both conditions improved in well-being, but …
Mindfulness training and reductions in teacher stress and burnout
Mindfulness training and reductions in teacher stress and burnout: Results from two randomized, waitlist-control field trials
Enhancing cognitive and social–emotional development through a simple-to-administer mindfulness-based school program for elementary school children
The authors hypothesized that a social and emotional learning (SEL) program involving mindfulness and caring for others, designed for elementary school students, would enhance cognitive control, reduce stress, promote well-being and prosociality, and produce positive school outcomes. To test this hypothesis, 4 classes of combined 4th and 5th graders (N = 99) were randomly assigned to receive the SEL with mindfulness program versus a regular socia…
Establishing systemic social and emotional learning approaches in schools
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a fundamental part of education. Incorporating high-quality SEL programming into day-to-day classroom and school practices has emerged as a main goal for many practitioners over the past decade. The present article overviews the current state of SEL research and practice, with a particular focus on the United States. The need for a model of SEL that goes beyond the classroom is illustrated, and a systemic ap…
Stress contagion in the classroom? The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students
Positive mental health and supportive school environments
Mental well-being among children in foster care
Benefits of Extracurricular Participation in Early Adolescence
Do students notice stress in teachers? Associations between classroom teacher burnout and students' perceptions of teacher social–emotional competence
The goal of the present study was to investigate the link between elementary school teacher burnout and students' perceptions of teacher social–emotional competence (SEC). A total of 676 Grades 4–7 students in 35 classrooms rated their classroom teachers' SEC. In addition, teachers self‐reported their current level of experienced burnout at work (i.e., depersonalization and emotional exhaustion). Multilevel analyses revealed significant classroom…
Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood
Development and Validation of a Measure to Assess Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Caring Student-Teacher Relationships
There is accruing evidence documenting the importance of caring student-teacher relationships in fostering students’ social and emotional competence (SEC), well-being, and school success, particularly during early adolescence. However, few studies have investigated dimensions of caring student-teacher relationships from the perspective of early adolescents. This study describes the development and validation of the Caring Student-Teacher Relation…
Early Adolescents' Experiences During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Changes in Their Well-Being
Background: Early adolescence is a time of psychological and social change that can coincide with declines in mental health and well-being. This study investigated the psychological and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of students who responded to a survey in Grades 7 and 8 (ages 12-14) in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The objectives of this study were (i) to provide an overview on early adolescents' experiences and s…
Covid-19 Vaccine Intentions and Perceptions Among Public School Staff of the Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area, British Columbia, Canada
Background The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine intentions among school staff as high vaccine uptake is essential to ensure schools return to normal activities. Methods Staff (e.g., teachers, administrators, student support workers) from three urban school districts in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada completed a survey between February and June 2021 ( n = 2,393) on COVID-19 vacci…
Screen time and developmental health
Daily screen time that exceeds the recommended one-hour limit for young children, as suggested by the Canadian 24-h Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Tremblay et al. BMC Public Health. 17:874, 2017; Tremblay J Physical Activity Health. 17:92-5, 2020) is negatively associated with developmental health outcomes in early childhood. Screen-based activities should thus be limited for young children. Future research needs to examine the under…
What do Teachers do to Show They Care? Learning From the Voices of Early Adolescents
This mixed methods study examined how middle school students (ages 11–13) in middle-class neighborhoods in Western Canada characterized a caring teacher. Specifically, qualitative content analysis was conducted on 199 sixth and seventh grade students’ written responses to the question “What are three things that teachers do to show they care?” Guided by recent work in the area of mindfulness in teaching, we identified 19 themes: one was categoriz…
Pathways From Prosocial Behaviour to Emotional Health and Academic Achievement in Early Adolescence
This study examined pathways from prosocial behaviour in the beginning of the school year to emotional health and academic achievement in the end of the year, taking into account the mediating role of peer acceptance. Participants were 734 grade 4 to 7 students in public elementary schools (51% female) in Western Canada. As expected, pathway analyses taking into account the clustered structure of the data indicated that self-reported prosocial be…
Connections matter
INTRODUCTION: This study examined profiles of social connectedness among early adolescents in grade 7 before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared (Winter 2020), and in grade 8 during the second Wave of the pandemic (Winter 2021). METHOD: Linked data from 1753 early adolescents (49% female) from British Columbia, Canada who completed the Middle Years Development Instrument survey in grades 7 and 8 were used. Participants reported on life satisfactio…
Changes in peer belonging, school climate, and the emotional health of immigrant, refugee, and non‐immigrant early adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Early adolescents who are new to Canada experience dual challenges of navigating developmental changes and multiple cultures. This study examined how changes in early adolescents' emotional health from ages 9 to 12 differed by immigration background, and to what extent peer belonging and supportive school climate protected or promoted their emotional health. METHODS: This study drew upon linked self-report and administrative data. A…
Out‐of‐school time use in Pakistan
The current study addresses the lack of out-of-school time (OST) research in low- and middle-income countries by exploring OST use in the context of Pakistan and incorporating youth's voices. Using a qualitative descriptive design with focus-group discussions, we conducted a study in three middle schools set in low- to middle-income neighborhoods in urban and rural areas of Karachi, Pakistan. We engaged 86 youth (50% girls; aged 10-15 years) that…
Childhood poverty, social support, immigration background and adolescent health and life satisfaction
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether poverty (neighborhood and household) was associated with future health or life satisfaction outcomes and whether the association operated through social support (adult support at home, adult support at school, peer belonging), or differed by the immigration background (nonimmigrant family or immigrant family) of the family. METHODS: This study utilized a retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort …
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and associations with mental well-being
Adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines was associated with higher levels of well-being, but most grades 6-8 adolescents in our study did not meet the recommendations. Given sex differences in meeting the movement behaviour recommendations, public health strategies need to consider targeted interventions aimed at improving adherence to these guidelines, particularly focusing on reducing recreational screen time and increasing physic…
Psychology (26 works) · Developmental psychology (23 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Mental health (9 works)