The Population Impact of Childhood Health Conditions on Dropout from Upper-Secondary Education

Mikkonen, Janne; Moustgaard, Heta; Remes, Hanna; Martikainen, Pekka

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.034

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“…However, and as expected, the HC had a higher educational level compared with people with mental disorders. Indeed, people with mental disorders, particularly with psychotic features, often do not complete the educational path, especially when they have an early onset, in childhood or adolescence (Frissen et al, ; Mikkonen, Moustgaard, Remes, & Martikainen, ).…”

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Measurement invariance of the Spanish Launay–Slade Hallucinations Scale‐Extended version between putatively healthy controls and people diagnosed with a mental disorder

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Farreny

et al. 2018

Int J Methods Psych Res

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Objectives The current study aimed at evaluating the reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and factor structure of the Spanish Launay–Slade Hallucinations Scale‐Extended version (LSHS‐E) in people with mental disorders and healthy controls. Methods Four hundred and twenty‐two individuals completed the Spanish LSHS‐E and the Spanish Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences. The convergent and divergent validity of the LSHS‐E was assessed with the three dimensions of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (positive, negative, and depressive dimensions) in healthy controls and people with a mental disorder. Factor structure of the LSHS‐E was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance. Results The LSHS‐E had a good reliability in healthy controls and people with a mental disorder (Cronbach's = 0.83 and 0.91, respectively). The LSHS‐E was more strongly associated with positive psychotic‐like experiences than with depressive and negative symptoms. Four factors were found: (a) “intrusive thoughts”; (b) “vivid daydreams”; (c) “multisensory hallucination‐like experiences”; and (d) “auditory–visual hallucination‐like experiences” that were invariant between the group of healthy controls and people with a mental disorder. Conclusion The Spanish version of the LSHS‐E possesses adequate psychometric properties, and the confirmatory factor analysis findings provide further support for the multidimensionality of proneness to hallucination in clinical and nonclinical samples.

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Measurement invariance of the Spanish Launay–Slade Hallucinations Scale‐Extended version between putatively healthy controls and people diagnosed with a mental disorder

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Ochoa

Farreny

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“…Among longitudinal studies, plausibly less affected by reverse causation, and other causal inference studies, only some support a detrimental impact of overweight/obesity in childhood on educational outcomes [19][20][21][22] . There is also mixed evidence for asthma [23][24][25][26][27] and rarer health conditions [23][24][25]28,29 . The impact on school absence, and any mediating role of school absence in explaining associations of health with educational attainment, also likely differs by condition [30][31][32] .…”

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“…The impact on school absence, and any mediating role of school absence in explaining associations of health with educational attainment, also likely differs by condition [30][31][32] . A link with school absence is clearer for migraine 26,33 and depression 34 , than for asthma 23,27,31 , ADHD 24,35 , ASD 24,36 or obesity [37][38][39][40] .…”

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Common health conditions in childhood and adolescence, school absence, and educational attainment: Mendelian randomization study

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Good health is positively related to children’s educational outcomes, but relationships may not be causal. Demonstrating a causal influence would strongly support childhood and adolescent health as important for education policy. We applied genetic causal inference methods to assess the causal relationship of common health conditions at age 10 (primary/elementary school) and 13 (mid-secondary/mid-high school) with educational attainment at 16 and school absence at 14–16. Participants were 6113 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Exposures were symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), depression, asthma, migraines and BMI. Genetic liability for these conditions and BMI was indexed by polygenic scores. In non-genetic, multivariate-adjusted models, all health conditions except asthma and migraines were associated with poorer attainment and greater school absence. School absence substantially mediated effects of BMI (39.9% for BMI at 13) and migraines (72.0% at 10), on attainment with more modest mediation for emotional and neurodevelopmental conditions. In genetic models, a unit increase in standardized BMI at 10 predicted a 0.19 S.D. decrease (95% CI: 0.11, 0.28) in attainment at 16, equivalent to around a 1/3 grade lower in all subjects, and 8.7% more school absence (95% CI:1.8%,16.1%). Associations were similar at 13. Genetic liability for ADHD predicted lower attainment but not more absence. Triangulation across multiple approaches supports a causal, negative influence on educational outcomes of BMI and ADHD, but not of ASD, depression, asthma or migraine. Higher BMI in childhood and adolescence may causally impair educational outcomes.

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“…Furthermore, it has been documented that the vocational schools have the highest dropout rates in upper secondary education in Finland (Official Statistics of Finland 2015). Research has also supported the premise that substance abuse, mental health problems, and drop-out of education often co-occur among these students (Luopa et al 2014;Mikkonen et al 2018). Indeed, it has been found that differences in health-related behaviors are elucidated by family background factors (i.e., family structure, parents' education, and occupation status) and the close interplay between different forms of substance abuse (i.e., alcohol, tobacco, and drugs) (Ruokolainen and Mäki 2015).…”

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Problematic Gaming Is Associated with Some Health-Related Behaviors Among Finnish Vocational School Students

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Ruotsalainen

Tolvanen

et al. 2019

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The objective of this work was to examine the connections between problematic digital gaming and various health-related behavior characteristics in a population of vocational school students. Data collection was performed (N = 1335) via an online survey in vocational school units in northern Finland. The survey incorporated the Internet Gaming Disorder Test (IGD10) as well as self-reported measures including questions on socio-demographics, information on the living arrangements of participants, gaming habits, and health-related behaviors. Eightyfour percent (n = 773) of the respondents (an average age of 17.5 years [SD = 4.4]) played digital games regularly. Male gender, daily game use, having no close friends, self-perceived underweight status and monthly drug use were all significantly and positively associated with problematic gaming scores. Engagement in digital game playing was especially associated with participants who lived with a friend or friends or in a blended family structure engagement. These findings have implications for counselors and researchers working on the healthrelated behaviors of vocational school students. Keywords Video games. Gaming disorder. Health Digital game playing is a ubiquitous pastime among youths and adults (Duggan 2015). Technological advances and the rapid increase in Internet access over the past two decades have allowed the digital game industry to greatly expand its appeal, attracting the attention and

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The Population Impact of Childhood Health Conditions on Dropout from Upper-Secondary Education

Abstract: More than one fifth of educational dropout is attributable to childhood health conditions. Early-onset mental disorders emerge as key targets in reducing dropout.

Cited by 35 publications

References 66 publications

Measurement invariance of the Spanish Launay–Slade Hallucinations Scale‐Extended version between putatively healthy controls and people diagnosed with a mental disorder

Measurement invariance of the Spanish Launay–Slade Hallucinations Scale‐Extended version between putatively healthy controls and people diagnosed with a mental disorder

Common health conditions in childhood and adolescence, school absence, and educational attainment: Mendelian randomization study

Problematic Gaming Is Associated with Some Health-Related Behaviors Among Finnish Vocational School Students

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