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01-11-2008 | EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Emotional Distress, Drinking, and Academic Achievement Across the Adolescent Life Course

Auteurs: Timothy J. Owens, Nathan D. Shippee, Devon J. Hensel

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 10/2008

Abstract

Our study of the adolescent life course proposes that substantial maturation occurs within three intertwined arenas of development: the social, the psychological, and the normative attainment. Further, each arena may be linked, respectively, to three youth problem dimensions: drinking, depressive affect, and academic achievement. We use latent growth curves and the Youth Development Study (effective N = 856) to track a panel of teens from their freshman to senior year in high school. There are 54.4% girls and 45.6% boys, and 75.7% non-Hispanic whites and 24.3% other races/ethnicities. Two research goals are addressed: (1) estimate each dimension’s unique developmental trajectory across high school, and (2) model the dimensions together in order to assess their reciprocal influences. While mean levels in all three dimensions increased over time, distinct developmental patterns were observed, especially in drinking and depression. For example, more drinking occasions—a social activity for most teens—may help assuage some teens’ emotional distress, especially girls’. These patterns suggest a synergistic relationship between the social and psychological arenas of development. Contrary to expectation, higher freshman depressive affect was associated with a significantly sharper increase in GPA over time for girls.

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However, this does not mean the complete lack of a substantively meaningful effect among girls; rather, coupled with a significant slope variance, it suggests that even though no meaningful average, or group-level, change was observed for girls, there was nonetheless significant individual variation in change among girls.

Alternatively, this suggests those who had steeper increases in depressive affect “stabled out” (i.e., reached the top of the quadratic curve) more quickly than those with a less steep linear depression slope.

The negative covariance must be read in the variables’ original metrics. Since both increase over time, a negative covariance speaks to the less steep increase over time.

In our data, the mean correlation between depressive affect and self-deprecation across the high school years is .545 (p < .01).

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Titel: Emotional Distress, Drinking, and Academic Achievement Across the Adolescent Life Course
Auteurs: Timothy J. Owens
Nathan D. Shippee
Devon J. Hensel
Publicatiedatum: 01-11-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 10/2008
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-008-9319-2

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