Positive Attributes Buffer the Negative Associations Between Low Intelligence and High Psychopathology With Educational Outcomes.
<bold>Objective: </bold>This study examines the extent to which children's positive attributes are distinct from psychopathology. We also investigate whether positive attributes change or "buffer" the impact of low intelligence and high psychopathology on negative educational outcomes.<bold>Method:...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 47 - 54 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=111740516&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 111740516 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08908567 JAM jtl: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry issn: 08908567 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2016 vid: 55 iid: 1 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 111740516 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.10.013 ppf: 47 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Positive Attributes Buffer the Negative Associations Between Low Intelligence and High Psychopathology With Educational Outcomes. aug: au: Hoffmann, Mauricio Scopel Leibenluft, Ellen Stringaris, Argyris Laporte, Paola Paganella Pan, Pedro Mario Gadelha, Ary Manfro, Gisele Gus Miguel, Eurípedes Constantino Rohde, Luis Augusto Salum, Giovanni Abrahão affil: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil (HCPA) and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (UFRGS) Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (UNIFESP) and the National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents, São Paulo (INCT-CNPq) HCPA, UFRGS, and INCT-CNPq UNIFESP, INCT-CNPq, and the Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) HCPA, UFRGS, INCT-CNPq, and USP UFRGS and INCT-CNPq su: Brazil Pathological psychology Academic achievement Intellect Confirmatory factor analysis Mental illness Psychological tests Schools Educational attainment Cognition in children Educational outcomes Mathematical models of psychology Regression analysis sug: subj: Pathological psychology Academic achievement Intellect Confirmatory factor analysis Mental illness Psychological tests Schools Educational attainment Brazil All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction Elementary and Secondary Schools Cognition in children Educational outcomes Mathematical models of psychology Regression analysis keyword: interaction noncognitive skills school youth strengths inventory interaction noncognitive skills school youth strengths inventory ab: <bold>Objective: </bold>This study examines the extent to which children's positive attributes are distinct from psychopathology. We also investigate whether positive attributes change or "buffer" the impact of low intelligence and high psychopathology on negative educational outcomes.<bold>Method: </bold>In a community sample of 2,240 children (6-14 years of age), we investigated associations among positive attributes, psychopathology, intelligence, and negative educational outcomes. Negative educational outcomes were operationalized as learning problems and poor academic performance. We tested the discriminant validity of psychopathology versus positive attributes using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and propensity score matching analysis (PSM), and used generalized estimating equations (GEE) models to test main effects and interactions among predictors of educational outcomes.<bold>Results: </bold>According to both CFA and PSM, positive attributes and psychiatric symptoms were distinct constructs. Positive attributes were associated with lower levels of negative educational outcomes, independent of intelligence and psychopathology. Positive attributes buffer the negative effects of lower intelligence on learning problems, and higher psychopathology on poor academic performance.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Children's positive attributes are associated with lower levels of negative school outcomes. Positive attributes act both independently and by modifying the negative effects of low intelligence and high psychiatric symptoms on educational outcomes. Subsequent research should test interventions designed to foster the development of positive attributes in children at high risk for educational problems. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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