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- Title
Mental health difficulties, attainment and attendance: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Lereya, Suzet Tanya; Patel, Meera; dos Santos, Joao Pedro Garcez Aurelio; Deighton, Jessica
- Abstract
Evidence for the association between mental health difficulties and academic outcomes is sparse and shows mixed results. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between educational attainment, absenteeism and mental health difficulties while controlling for various child characteristics such as special educational needs and socioeconomic background. 15,301 Year 7 pupils (mean age 11.91; SD = 0.28) from England completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Attainment, persistent absenteeism and child characteristics were derived from the National Pupil Database. Multilevel regression analysis showed that mental health difficulties were negatively associated with attainment and positively associated with persistent absenteeism. When all mental health difficulties were modelled simultaneously, behavioural difficulties, hyperactivity/attention difficulties and difficulties with peers were negatively associated with attainment. Emotional difficulties and hyperactivity/attention difficulties were positively associated with persistent absenteeism. The results of the current study highlight the importance of integration between mental health support and policy creation in relation to mental health difficulties and wellbeing in schools.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; ACADEMIC achievement evaluation; PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis; AFFECTIVE disorders; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; DATABASES; STUDENTS with disabilities; MEDICAL needs assessment; POLICY sciences; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIAL education; AFFINITY groups; MULTIPLE regression analysis; PEERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; SOCIAL support; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; WELL-being; CROSS-sectional method; CHILDREN
- Publication
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 8, p1147
- ISSN
1018-8827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00787-018-01273-6