Youth well-being predicts later academic success.
Sci Rep
; 12(1): 2134, 2022 02 08.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35136114
ABSTRACT
Young people worldwide face new challenges as climate change and complex family structures disrupt societies. These challenges impact on youth's subjective well-being, with evidence of decline across many countries. While the burden of negative well-being on productivity is widely examined amongst adults, its cost among youth remains understudied. The current research comprehensively investigates the relationship between youth subjective well-being and standardized academic test scores. We use highly controlled machine learning models on a moderately-sized high-school student sample (N ~ 3400), with a composite subjective well-being index (composed of depression, anxiety and positive affect), to show that students with greater well-being are more likely to have higher academic scores 7-8 months later (on Numeracy ß* = .033, p = .020). This effect emerges while also accounting for previous test scores and other confounding factors. Further analyses with each well-being measure, suggests that youth who experience greater depression have lower academic achievement (Numeracy ß* = - .045, p = .013; Reading ß* = - .033, p = .028). By quantifying the impact of youth well-being, and in particular of lowering depression, this research highlights its importance for the next generation's health and productivity.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Saúde do Adolescente
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Escolaridade
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Sucesso Acadêmico
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália