School success in childhood and subsequent prodromal symptoms and psychoses in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986
Abstract Background Low IQ is a risk factor for psychosis, but the effect of high IQ is more controversial. The aim was to explore the association of childhood school success with prodromal symptoms in adolescence and psychoses in adulthood. Methods In the general population-based Northern Finland B...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0033291719000825 2024-03-03T08:47:21+00:00 School success in childhood and subsequent prodromal symptoms and psychoses in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 Lassila, M. Nordström, T. Hurtig, T. Mäki, P. Jääskeläinen, E. Oinas, E. Miettunen, J. 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291719000825 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033291719000825 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Psychological Medicine volume 50, issue 6, page 948-955 ISSN 0033-2917 1469-8978 Psychiatry and Mental health Applied Psychology journal-article 2019 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291719000825 2024-02-08T08:44:00Z Abstract Background Low IQ is a risk factor for psychosis, but the effect of high IQ is more controversial. The aim was to explore the association of childhood school success with prodromal symptoms in adolescence and psychoses in adulthood. Methods In the general population-based Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 ( n = 8 229), we studied the relationship between teacher-assessed learning deficits, special talents and general school success at age 8 years and both prodromal symptoms (PROD-screen) at age 15–16 years and the occurrence of psychoses by age 30 years. Results More prodromal symptoms were experienced by those talented in oral presentation [boys: adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.49; 95% confidence interval 1.14–1.96; girls: 1.23; 1.00–1.52] or drawing (boys: 1.44; 1.10–1.87). Conversely, being talented in athletics decreased the probability of psychotic-like symptoms (boys: OR 0.72; 0.58–0.90). School success below average predicted less prodromal symptoms with boys (OR 0.68; 0.48–0.97), whereas above-average success predicted more prodromal symptoms with girls (OR 1.22; 1.03–1.44). The occurrence of psychoses was not affected. Learning deficits did not associate with prodromal symptoms or psychoses. Conclusions Learning deficits in childhood did not increase the risk of prodromal symptoms in adolescence or later psychosis in this large birth cohort. Learning deficits are not always associated with increased risk of psychosis, which might be due to, e.g. special support given in schools. The higher prevalence of prodromal symptoms in talented children may reflect a different kind of relationship of school success with prodromal symptoms compared to full psychoses. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Cambridge University Press Psychological Medicine 50 6 948 955 |
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Abstract Background Low IQ is a risk factor for psychosis, but the effect of high IQ is more controversial. The aim was to explore the association of childhood school success with prodromal symptoms in adolescence and psychoses in adulthood. Methods In the general population-based Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 ( n = 8 229), we studied the relationship between teacher-assessed learning deficits, special talents and general school success at age 8 years and both prodromal symptoms (PROD-screen) at age 15–16 years and the occurrence of psychoses by age 30 years. Results More prodromal symptoms were experienced by those talented in oral presentation [boys: adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.49; 95% confidence interval 1.14–1.96; girls: 1.23; 1.00–1.52] or drawing (boys: 1.44; 1.10–1.87). Conversely, being talented in athletics decreased the probability of psychotic-like symptoms (boys: OR 0.72; 0.58–0.90). School success below average predicted less prodromal symptoms with boys (OR 0.68; 0.48–0.97), whereas above-average success predicted more prodromal symptoms with girls (OR 1.22; 1.03–1.44). The occurrence of psychoses was not affected. Learning deficits did not associate with prodromal symptoms or psychoses. Conclusions Learning deficits in childhood did not increase the risk of prodromal symptoms in adolescence or later psychosis in this large birth cohort. Learning deficits are not always associated with increased risk of psychosis, which might be due to, e.g. special support given in schools. The higher prevalence of prodromal symptoms in talented children may reflect a different kind of relationship of school success with prodromal symptoms compared to full psychoses. |
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School success in childhood and subsequent prodromal symptoms and psychoses in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 |
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School success in childhood and subsequent prodromal symptoms and psychoses in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 |
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