Mental health and educational attainment: How developmental stage matters.

[en] Developmental science suggests that the consequences of mental health problems for life-course outcomes may depend on the timing of their onset. This study investigated the extent to which mental health predicted educational attainment at ages 17, 20, and 25 and whether gender moderated the links between mental health and educational attainment. It used data from Next Steps, a nationally representative panel survey of individuals born in 1989/1990 in England (N = 15,594, 48% female, 33% ethnic minority). The findings suggest that differences in mental health were more consequential for educational attainment during adolescence than in young adulthood. On average, girls attained higher levels of education than boys, but gender did not moderate the role that mental health played for educational attainment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others

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BURGER, Kaspar ; University of Luxembourg ; Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich

Becker, Michael; Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), TU Dortmund University

Schoon, Ingrid; Social Research Institute, University College London

External co-authors :

yes

Language :

English

Title :

Mental health and educational attainment: How developmental stage matters.

Publication date :

28 September 2023

Journal title :

Developmental Psychology

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0012-1649

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1939-0599

Publisher :

American Psychological Association (APA), United States

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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http://psycnet.apa.org/psycarticles/2024-12682-001.pdf

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European Union
Swiss National Science Foundation

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