Academic acceleration does not covary with age-50 psychological well-being in intellectually precocious youth followed over 35 years¶
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q3 i0 In three cohorts of intellectually precocious youth, correlations between two acceleration indices and five well-being measures at age 50 hover around zero. → Bernstein Brian O. 2021
q3 i0 The correlation between the general psychological well-being component and the acceleration composite was r(1,495) = −.06, and with age of high school graduation r(1,495) = .03. → Bernstein Brian O. 2021
Evidence¶
Bernstein Brian O. 2021¶
Bernstein Brian O., Lubinski David, Benbow Camilla P. (2021). Academic Acceleration in Gifted Youth and Fruitless Concerns Regarding Psychological Well-Being: A 35-Year Longitudinal Study. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000500
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Longitudinal survey of 1,636 participants from three SMPY cohorts identified before age 13 (1972–1983) and tracked over 35 years. The first principal component of five well-being measures showed a printed correlation of r = −.06 (p = .02) with the acceleration composite and r = .03 with age of high school graduation; Table 1 correlations all fall below Cohen's small threshold.
"Overall, the correlation between psychological well-being and the acceleration composite was r(1,495) = −.06, p = .02; the correlation between psychological well-being and age of high school graduation was r(1,495) = .03, p = .207."
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Related Claims¶
- Psychological well-being of accelerated high-potential participants was above national probability-sample averages at age 50 — related
- In elite STEM graduate students, educational acceleration did not covary with age-50 well-being, with small correlations if anything positive — related
- The five well-being measures form a robust unidimensional structure replicating across both studies — related
- The null acceleration–well-being relationship in Study 1 holds when SES is controlled in a latent structural equation model — related
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Academic acceleration does not covary with age-50 psychological well-being in intellectually precocious youth followed over 35 years |
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Academic acceleration does not covary with age-50 psychological well-being in intellectually precocious youth followed over 35 years |
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