In elite STEM graduate students, educational acceleration did not covary with age-50 well-being, with small correlations if anything positive¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2–r3 · q2–q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 In Study 2 (N = 478), bivariate correlations between acceleration indices and well-being ranged from .02 to .10, and the acceleration composite correlated r(452) = .11, p = .02 with general well-being — a small positive relation. → Bernstein Brian O. 2021 q2 i? In latent models controlling for SES, the acceleration-to-well-being path was .13 (p = .015) for the composite and .10 (p = .065) for age of graduation. → Bernstein Brian O. 2021 (2)

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

q3 · i1 · associational · r3

Constructive replication surveying 478 elite STEM graduate students identified in 1992 at age 25 and followed up at age 50 with the same instruments. The printed effect size r = .11 (p = .02) for the acceleration composite is called small but significant and positive; Table 4 shows only two of ten correlations reach the small threshold.

"Overall, the correlation between psychological well-being and age of high school graduation was r(408) = .08, p = .09; the correlation between psychological well-being and the acceleration composite was r(452) = .11 p = .02."

Bernstein Brian O. 2021 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Structural equation models for Study 2 controlling for latent SES, with good-to-adequate fit (Model 3 CFI = .969; Model 4 CFI = .928). The printed standardized path coefficients were .13 (p = .015) in Model 3 and .10 (p = .065) in Model 4, described as small and mirroring Study 1's null-to-trivial pattern; no standardized effect size is printed, so impact is unquantified.

"In each model, the coefficient of interest (from the indicator of academic acceleration to psychological well-being) was small: .13 (p = .015) in Model 3 and .10 (p = .065) in Model 4."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Psychological well-being of accelerated high-potential participants was above national probability-sample averages at age 50 — related
• Academic acceleration does not covary with age-50 psychological well-being in intellectually precocious youth followed over 35 years — related
• The null acceleration–well-being relationship in Study 1 holds when SES is controlled in a latent structural equation model — related