A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11
Background: The link between inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity and poor academic outcomes is well established. Children with mild difficulties can go unnoticed yet may be at risk of poor academic outcomes. Aims: To investigate the link between a continuum of inattention, hyperactivity and...
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| author | Merrell, Christine Sayal, Kapil Tymms, Peter Kasim, Adetayo |
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| description | Background: The link between inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity and poor academic outcomes is well established. Children with mild difficulties can go unnoticed yet may be at risk of poor academic outcomes.
Aims: To investigate the link between a continuum of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity at age five and academic attainment at age 11.
Sample: The sample comprised 46,369 children from 1812 English primary schools.
Methods: Reading and mathematics when starting school. Teachers rated behaviour at age five. English and mathematics were assessed at age 11.
Results: A substantive negative direct relationship was found between the severity of inattentive behaviour at age 5 and attainment at age 11. Hyperactivity was not significant but impulsivity was weakly but positively associated with attainment. These relationships applied across the whole range of behaviour scores.
Conclusions: Investigation of the continuum of symptoms has important implications for the teachers; particularly for those children with mild inattention whose difficulties may go unnoticed. |
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| spelling | nottingham-329102020-05-04T19:59:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32910/ A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 Merrell, Christine Sayal, Kapil Tymms, Peter Kasim, Adetayo Background: The link between inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity and poor academic outcomes is well established. Children with mild difficulties can go unnoticed yet may be at risk of poor academic outcomes. Aims: To investigate the link between a continuum of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity at age five and academic attainment at age 11. Sample: The sample comprised 46,369 children from 1812 English primary schools. Methods: Reading and mathematics when starting school. Teachers rated behaviour at age five. English and mathematics were assessed at age 11. Results: A substantive negative direct relationship was found between the severity of inattentive behaviour at age 5 and attainment at age 11. Hyperactivity was not significant but impulsivity was weakly but positively associated with attainment. These relationships applied across the whole range of behaviour scores. Conclusions: Investigation of the continuum of symptoms has important implications for the teachers; particularly for those children with mild inattention whose difficulties may go unnoticed. Elsevier 2017-01 Article PeerReviewed Merrell, Christine, Sayal, Kapil, Tymms, Peter and Kasim, Adetayo (2017) A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11. Learning and Individual Differences, 53 . pp. 156-161. ISSN 1041-6080 Inattention; Hyperactivity; Impulsivity; Attainment; Progress http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608016300310 doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2016.04.003 doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2016.04.003 |
| spellingShingle | Inattention; Hyperactivity; Impulsivity; Attainment; Progress Merrell, Christine Sayal, Kapil Tymms, Peter Kasim, Adetayo A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| title | A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| title_full | A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| title_fullStr | A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| title_short | A longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| title_sort | longitudinal study of the association between inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and children’s academic attainment at age 11 |
| topic | Inattention; Hyperactivity; Impulsivity; Attainment; Progress |
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