Is concentration an indirect link between social anxiety and educational achievement in adolescents?

ABSTRACT: Social anxiety is associated with reduced educational achievement. Given that concentration is a predictor of educational achievement, and social anxiety symptoms are associated with reduced concentration in class, this prospective study examined the possibility that social anxiety may impair educational achievement through reduced classroom concentration. A sample of 509 participants (53.8% female; M age: 12.77 years [SD = 0.81]) recruited from secondary schools completed questionnaires assessing social anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and concentration in class. Educational achievement was assessed by internal grades within schools. An indirect effect of social anxiety on later educational achievement via concentration was observed, over and above baseline achievement and depressio

SUBMITTER: Leigh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8121284 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature