Mental health, gender, and higher education attainment.

ABSTRACT: We compared the mental health of higher education students with that of nonstudents. Moreover, we examined whether the mental health of students predicts their probability of obtaining a higher education degree, and whether the extent to which mental health affects educational attainment varies by gender. Drawing on a risk and resilience framework, we considered five facets of mental health that may be implicated in distinct ways in the educational attainment process: positive attitude towards life, self-esteem, self-efficacy, negative affectivity, and perceived stress. We used data from a nationally representative panel study from Switzerland (N_students = 2070, 42.8% male; N_nonstudents = 3755, 45.9% male). The findings suggest that overall

SUBMITTER: Burger K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10942912 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature