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Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of age relative to school (i.e., class or grade level) peers on emotional well-being and the role of possible mediators of this effect in early adolescence using a large set of individual-level data from a community survey. METHODS: A larg...

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Autores principales: Ando, Shuntaro, Usami, Satoshi, Matsubayashi, Tetsuya, Ueda, Michiko, Koike, Shinsuke, Yamasaki, Syudo, Fujikawa, Shinya, Sasaki, Tsukasa, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mariko, Patton, George, Kasai, Kiyoto, Nishida, Atsushi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6435116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30913231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214359
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author Ando, Shuntaro
Usami, Satoshi
Matsubayashi, Tetsuya
Ueda, Michiko
Koike, Shinsuke
Yamasaki, Syudo
Fujikawa, Shinya
Sasaki, Tsukasa
Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mariko
Patton, George
Kasai, Kiyoto
Nishida, Atsushi
author_facet Ando, Shuntaro
Usami, Satoshi
Matsubayashi, Tetsuya
Ueda, Michiko
Koike, Shinsuke
Yamasaki, Syudo
Fujikawa, Shinya
Sasaki, Tsukasa
Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mariko
Patton, George
Kasai, Kiyoto
Nishida, Atsushi
author_sort Ando, Shuntaro
collection PubMed
description PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of age relative to school (i.e., class or grade level) peers on emotional well-being and the role of possible mediators of this effect in early adolescence using a large set of individual-level data from a community survey. METHODS: A large community-based survey of 10-year-old children and their primary parents was conducted in Tokyo, where the school entry cutoff date is fixed. Emotional well-being was assessed by the WHO (Five) Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Academic performance and the experience of being bullied at school were also evaluated as potential mediators of the effect of relative age. RESULTS: A total of 4,478 children participated in the study. In a univariate linear regression analysis, the relative birthdate (continuous variable starting from the school entry date and ending at the last date of the academic grade) was negatively associated with emotional well-being (β = -0.043, p = .005). The path analyses suggested that academic performance and bullying mediated the relationship between the relative birthdate and emotional well-being (both p < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Among a sample of 10-year-olds, children who were younger compared to class peers had lower levels of emotional well-being. Academic performance and victimization by peers mediated the relationship.
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spelling pubmed-64351162019-04-08 Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds Ando, Shuntaro Usami, Satoshi Matsubayashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Michiko Koike, Shinsuke Yamasaki, Syudo Fujikawa, Shinya Sasaki, Tsukasa Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mariko Patton, George Kasai, Kiyoto Nishida, Atsushi PLoS One Research Article PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of age relative to school (i.e., class or grade level) peers on emotional well-being and the role of possible mediators of this effect in early adolescence using a large set of individual-level data from a community survey. METHODS: A large community-based survey of 10-year-old children and their primary parents was conducted in Tokyo, where the school entry cutoff date is fixed. Emotional well-being was assessed by the WHO (Five) Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Academic performance and the experience of being bullied at school were also evaluated as potential mediators of the effect of relative age. RESULTS: A total of 4,478 children participated in the study. In a univariate linear regression analysis, the relative birthdate (continuous variable starting from the school entry date and ending at the last date of the academic grade) was negatively associated with emotional well-being (β = -0.043, p = .005). The path analyses suggested that academic performance and bullying mediated the relationship between the relative birthdate and emotional well-being (both p < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Among a sample of 10-year-olds, children who were younger compared to class peers had lower levels of emotional well-being. Academic performance and victimization by peers mediated the relationship. Public Library of Science 2019-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6435116/ /pubmed/30913231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214359 Text en © 2019 Ando et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ando, Shuntaro
Usami, Satoshi
Matsubayashi, Tetsuya
Ueda, Michiko
Koike, Shinsuke
Yamasaki, Syudo
Fujikawa, Shinya
Sasaki, Tsukasa
Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mariko
Patton, George
Kasai, Kiyoto
Nishida, Atsushi
Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
title Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
title_full Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
title_fullStr Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
title_full_unstemmed Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
title_short Age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
title_sort age relative to school class peers and emotional well-being in 10-year-olds
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6435116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30913231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214359
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