Adolescent risk behaviours are associated with educational attainment in early adulthood: results from the Raine Study cohort

PL Graham; DJ Schofield; RJ Tait; S Bista; RQ Ivers; B Liu; S Lymer; JL Marino; LA Sanci; RN Shrestha; K Steinbeck; LM Straker; SR Skinner

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Adolescent risk behaviours are associated with educational attainment in early adulthood: results from the Raine Study cohort

PL Graham, DJ Schofield, RJ Tait, S Bista, RQ Ivers, B Liu, S Lymer, JL Marino, LA Sanci, RN Shrestha, K Steinbeck, LM Straker, SR Skinner

BMC Public Health | BMC | Published : 2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20208-2

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Abstract

Background: Higher educational attainment is important for economic wellbeing and associated with better health and longevity. Previous research focused on intelligence, socioeconomic status and mental health or individual risk behaviours as predictors of educational attainment, but the role of multiple domains of adolescent risk behaviours is less clear. This study examined the association between multiple domains of risk behaviour in adolescence and educational attainment by 22 years-of-age. Methods: Young people (Generation 2, Gen2) and their parents (Generation 1, Gen1) participating in the Raine Study completed questionnaires at years 1, 5, 8, 10 (Gen1 only), 14, 17 (both) and 22 (Gen2 ..

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of our esteemed and sorely missed colleague Professor Fiona M. Brooks, whose thinking on how best to challenge deficit framing was important to the development of the parent study and this manuscript.We would like to acknowledge The Raine Study participants and their families for their ongoing participation in the study and The Raine Study team for study co-ordination and data collection.