Mental Health and Educational Attainment: How Developmental Stage Matters
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| Title: | Mental Health and Educational Attainment: How Developmental Stage Matters |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kaspar Burger (ORCID |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. 2024 60(1):108-123. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Educational Attainment, Adults, Mental Health, Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Sex Role, Predictor Variables, Young Adults |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001634 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1407699 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001634 |
