The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence.
Evidence for the longitudinal associations between internalising symptom development and academic attainment is sparse and results from existing studies are largely inconclusive. The approaches that have been used in existing studies examining this relationship have in common the limitation of group...
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| description | Evidence for the longitudinal associations between internalising symptom development and academic attainment is sparse and results from existing studies are largely inconclusive. The approaches that have been used in existing studies examining this relationship have in common the limitation of grouping together all individuals in the sample which makes the assumption that the relationship between time, symptoms and attainment across all individuals is the same. The current study aimed to use heterogeneous trajectories of symptom development to examine the longitudinal associations between internalising symptom development and change in academic attainment over a three years period in early adolescence, a key period for internalising symptom development. Internalising symptoms were assessed for 3 consecutive years in a cohort from age 11-14 years (n = 2647, mean age at T1 = 11.7 years). National standardised test scores prior to the first wave and subsequent to the last wave were used as measures of academic attainment. Heterogeneous symptom development trajectories were identified using latent class growth analysis and socio-demographic correlates, such as gender, SES and ethnicity, of the different trajectory groupings were investigated. Derived trajectory groupings were examined as predictors of subsequent academic attainment, controlling for prior attainment. Results demonstrate that symptom trajectories differentially predicted change in academic attainment with increasing trajectories associated with significantly worse academic outcomes when compared to pupils with low levels of symptoms in all waves. Hence, a trajectory based approach provides a more nuanced breakdown of complexities in symptom development and their differential relationships with academic outcomes and in doing so helps clarify the longitudinal relationship between these two key domains of functioning in early adolescence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14532f7cef5e413a9a4f3fbb5f666d492022-12-21T19:19:42ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01101e011682110.1371/journal.pone.0116821The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence.Praveetha PatalayJessica DeightonPeter FonagyMiranda WolpertEvidence for the longitudinal associations between internalising symptom development and academic attainment is sparse and results from existing studies are largely inconclusive. The approaches that have been used in existing studies examining this relationship have in common the limitation of grouping together all individuals in the sample which makes the assumption that the relationship between time, symptoms and attainment across all individuals is the same. The current study aimed to use heterogeneous trajectories of symptom development to examine the longitudinal associations between internalising symptom development and change in academic attainment over a three years period in early adolescence, a key period for internalising symptom development. Internalising symptoms were assessed for 3 consecutive years in a cohort from age 11-14 years (n = 2647, mean age at T1 = 11.7 years). National standardised test scores prior to the first wave and subsequent to the last wave were used as measures of academic attainment. Heterogeneous symptom development trajectories were identified using latent class growth analysis and socio-demographic correlates, such as gender, SES and ethnicity, of the different trajectory groupings were investigated. Derived trajectory groupings were examined as predictors of subsequent academic attainment, controlling for prior attainment. Results demonstrate that symptom trajectories differentially predicted change in academic attainment with increasing trajectories associated with significantly worse academic outcomes when compared to pupils with low levels of symptoms in all waves. Hence, a trajectory based approach provides a more nuanced breakdown of complexities in symptom development and their differential relationships with academic outcomes and in doing so helps clarify the longitudinal relationship between these two key domains of functioning in early adolescence.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4301632?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Praveetha Patalay Jessica Deighton Peter Fonagy Miranda Wolpert The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence. PLoS ONE |
| title | The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence. |
| title_full | The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence. |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence. |
| title_short | The relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence. |
| title_sort | relationship between internalising symptom development and academic attainment in early adolescence |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4301632?pdf=render |
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