Minkkinen Jaana, Lindfors Pirjo, Kinnunen Jaana, Finell Eerika, Vainikainen Mari-Pauliina, Karvonen Sakari, Rimpelä Arja
Faculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, University of Tampere, PO Box 100, FI-33014, Finland.
The Institute for Advanced Social Research, University of Tampere, Atalpa 213, Finland.
J Sch Health. 2017 Dec;87(12):902-910. doi: 10.1111/josh.12572.
Studies have shown a relationship between students' health and their academic achievements, but whether health of classmates and schoolmates impacts individual students' school achievement is less known. We studied these effects on students in lower secondary school in Finland.
Students (seventh grade, age 12-13 years, N = 7779, 123 schools, 565 classes) participated in a classroom survey measuring health (externalizing and internalizing problems, daily health complaints, and long-term illness) and academic achievement. Academic achievement when leaving school (15-16 years) was obtained from the Finnish national application register on upper secondary education. Three-level (student, class, and school) multilevel regression analyses were executed.
All health variables predicted academic achievement at leaving school at the student level and externalizing and internalizing problems at the class level; better health predicted better achievement. Students' health at the school level was not related to academic achievement. The effect of class-level health on academic achievement was as strong as the effect of student-level health.
Both student and classmates' health at the beginning of lower secondary school contribute to academic achievement when leaving school.
研究表明学生的健康状况与其学业成绩之间存在关联，但同学和校友的健康状况是否会影响个体学生的学业成绩却鲜为人知。我们对芬兰初中学生的这些影响进行了研究。
学生（七年级，年龄12 - 13岁，N = 7779，123所学校，565个班级）参与了一项课堂调查，该调查测量了健康状况（外化和内化问题、日常健康投诉以及长期疾病）和学业成绩。离校时（15 - 16岁）的学业成绩来自芬兰国家高中教育申请登记册。进行了三级（学生、班级和学校）多层回归分析。
所有健康变量在学生层面预测了离校时的学业成绩，在班级层面预测了外化和内化问题；健康状况越好，成绩越好。学校层面的学生健康状况与学业成绩无关。班级层面健康对学业成绩的影响与学生层面健康的影响一样强烈。
初中开始时学生自身以及同学的健康状况都对离校时的学业成绩有影响。
