Aggressive behavior, emotional, and attention problems across childhood and academic attainment at the end of primary school.
Nathalie Tamayo MartinezHenning TiemeierMaartje P C M LuijkJames LawJan van der EndeFrank VerhulstPauline W JansenPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)
Attention problems across childhood are related to a poorer academic attainment, while emotional problems predicted better academic attainment. Moreover, the relationship between aggressive behavior and academic attainment was explained by comorbid attention problems. Future research should determine the mechanisms through which attention problems and emotional problems affect academic attainment, to inform strategies for the promotion of better educational attainment.