The Effect of Early Noncognitive Skills on Social Outcomes in Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred
Titel	The Effect of Early Noncognitive Skills on Social Outcomes in Adolescence
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 22 (2014) 2, S.112-140 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2010.547720
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Young Children; Personality; Attention Span; Psychological Patterns; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Cohort Analysis; Academic Achievement; Grades (Scholastic); Mathematics; German; Delinquency; Smoking; Drinking; Personal Autonomy; Statistical Analysis; Robustness (Statistics); Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Frühe Kindheit; Personalität; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kohortenanalyse; Schulleistung; Notenspiegel; Mathematik; Deutscher; Kriminalität; Rauchen; Trinken; Individuelle Autonomie; Statistische Analyse; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper investigates the impact of early noncognitive skills on social outcomes in adolescence. The child's attention span, approach, prevailing mood and distractibility in early childhood may be crucial predictors for school achievements, health risk behavior, delinquency and autonomy as adolescent. We investigate this issue using a longitudinal epidemiological cohort study of 384 children at risk from the Rhine-Neckar region in Germany. Our results indicate that noncognitive skills in early childhood are important predictors of educational success, tobacco and alcohol use, delinquency and autonomy in adolescence. In particular, the attention span has emerged as a dominant factor among noncognitive skills regarding educational performance, health behavior and delinquency in our study. Further, we find that boys with low noncognitive skills have significantly lower social outcomes compared with girls. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10