dc.contributor | Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus |
dc.contributor.author | Pagerols, Mireia |
dc.contributor.author | Prat, Raquel |
dc.contributor.author | Rivas, Cristina |
dc.contributor.author | Español Martín, Gemma |
dc.contributor.author | Puigbó, Júlia |
dc.contributor.author | Pagespetit, Èlia |
dc.contributor.author | Ramos Quiroga, José Antonio |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-22T12:28:29Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-22T12:28:29Z |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-11 |
dc.identifier.citation | Pagerols M, Prat R, Rivas C, Español-Martín G, Puigbó J, Pagespetit È, et al. The impact of psychopathology on academic performance in school-age children and adolescents. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 11;12:4291. |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11351/7901 |
dc.description | Anxiety; Depression; Psychiatric disorders |
dc.description.abstract | Psychiatric symptoms have consistently been associated with negative educational outcomes. However, possible confounding variables, such as comorbid mental and environmental conditions, have not been well addressed. This study examined whether mental health problems were significantly linked to academic performance in a Spanish school-based sample, after adjustment for co-occurring psychiatric symptoms and multiple contextual factors. Parents completed a questionnaire regarding child’s sociodemographic characteristics (i.e., gender, age, type of school, socioeconomic status, ethnicity), stressful events (i.e., adoption, parental divorce/separation, grade retention) and lifestyle (i.e., diet, sleep, screen time), along with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Academic performance was obtained from school records. The sample comprised 7036 students aged 5–17 with full data on the CBCL. Mixed-effects ordinal logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the association between psychopathology and academic achievement, controlling for potential confounders. When examined separately, higher scores on the CBCL scales were related to lower grades, regardless of sociodemographic factors. However, after controlling for the presence of other psychiatric symptoms, we found that students who reported more anxious/depressed and thought problems were less likely to perform poorly, while those with increased levels of attention problems and delinquent behavior had higher risk for academic underachievement. These associations remained mainly the same once stressful events and lifestyle were taken into account. This investigation demonstrates that anxious/depressed symptoms, thought problems, attention problems, and delinquent behavior are independently associated with academic performance, which emphasize the need for preventive and treatment interventions targeted at students’ mental health to improve their psychological well-being and functioning at school. |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Scientific Reports;12 |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.source | Scientia |
dc.subject | Psicopatologia |
dc.subject | Malalties mentals |
dc.subject | Rendiment escolar |
dc.subject.mesh | Mental Disorders |
dc.subject.mesh | /epidemiology |
dc.title | The impact of psychopathology on academic performance in school-age children and adolescents |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-022-08242-9 |
dc.subject.decs | trastornos mentales |
dc.subject.decs | /epidemiología |
dc.relation.publishversion | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08242-9 |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.audience | Professionals |
dc.contributor.organismes | Institut Català de la Salut |
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation | [Pagerols M, Rivas C, Puigbó J, Pagespetit È] SJD MIND Schools Program, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. [Prat R] SJD MIND Schools Program, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CEES), University of Vic−Central University of Catalonia (UVic−UCC), Vic, Spain. [Español-Martín G] Servei de Psiquiatria, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. Grup de Recerca en Psiquiatria, Salut Mental i Addiccions, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Ramos-Quiroga JA] Servei de Psiquiatria, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. Grup de Recerca en Psiquiatria, Salut Mental i Addiccions, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. CIBER de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain |
dc.identifier.pmid | 35277563 |
dc.identifier.wos | 000767887100044 |
dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |