Child mental health problems as a risk factor for academic underachievement: A multi-informant, population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether child mental health problems prospectively associate with IQ-achievement discrepancy (i.e., academic under- and over-achievement) in emerging adolescence. The secondary aims were to test whether these associations are specific to certain mental health problems, to assess potential sex differences, and to examine whether associations are robustly observed across multiple informants (i.e., maternal and teacher-reports).

Methods

This study included 1,577 children from the population-based birth cohort the Generation R Study. Child mental health problems at age 6 were assessed by mothers and teachers using the Child Behavior Checklist and the Teacher's Report Form. The IQ-achievement discrepancy was quantified as the standardized residuals of aca

SUBMITTER: Schuurmans IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature