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The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Evidence
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Schools are increasingly involved in efforts to promote health and healthy behavior among their adolescent students, but are healthier students better learners? This synthesis of the empirical, longitudinal literature investigated the effects of the most predominant health-related behaviors—namely, alcohol and marijuana use, smoking, nutrition, physical activity, sexual intercourse, bullying, and screen time use (television, Internet, video games)—on the academic performance of adolescents. Thirty studies dating back to 1992 were retrieved from the medical, psychological, educational, and social science literature. Healthy nutrition and team sports participation were found to have a positive effect on academic performance, whereas the effects of alcohol use, smoking, early sexual intercourse, bullying, and certain screen time behaviors were overall negative. Generally, all relations of health-related behaviors and academic performance were dependent on contextual factors and were often mediated by psychosocial problems, social structures, and demographics. Findings were interpreted with use of sociological theories.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Busch, V., Loyen, A., Lodder, M., Schrijvers, A. J. P., van Yperen, T. A., & de Leeuw, J. R. J.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht
- State University Groningen
- Venue
- Review of Educational Research
- Published
- 2014-06
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 245-274
- ISSN
- 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-1046
- OpenAlex
- W2147202909
- Semantic Scholar
- f3e2009e7a587217e7142783aa7fe71b4089663a
- Cited by
- 142
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 18.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.rug.nl
- Locations
- Review of Educational Research (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Keywords
- adolescent health behavior, academic performance, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, adolescent smoking, nutrition, physical activity, team sports, early sexual intercourse, bullying, screen time, television viewing, internet use, video games, psychosocial problems, sociological theory, school health promotion
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