Bonell C, et al. - Using longitudinal data from English secondary schools from the control arm of a trial, researchers evaluated the impact of school environments on student risk-behaviors. They noticed a correlation between school-level rigid boundaries and increased alcohol use and bullying. They also found a consistent relationship between student belonging and reduced risk-behaviors as compared to student commitment. Greater impacts of some school effects on students from disadvantaged subgroups defined in terms of poverty, ethnicity and family structure were also recorded. They suggested direct aid for the theory of human functioning and school organization. A sense of belonging in school might be a particularly protective factor among secondary school students, was also implied.