Psychotic experiences and future school performance in childhood: a population-based cohort study.
Lisa R SteenkampKoen BolhuisLaura M E BlankenMaartje P C M LuijkManon H J HillegersSteven A KushnerHenning TiemeierPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2020)
Children with psychotic experiences had lower school performance scores than their nonaffected peers. The finding was independent of sociodemographic characteristics, intelligence and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems, but not attention problems. This study suggests that psychotic experiences are associated with childhood functional impairments, although the relatively small effects and the role of attention problems warrant further exploration.