title: A matched-subject comparison of underachievers with normals on intellectual, behavioral, and emotional variables.
abstract: Children labeled as underachievers are compared to a matched group functioning normally within the classroom. Factor analyses of the data from several tests reveal that the "normal" children not only have achieved higher academic performance but also have better learning aptitude. The inference may be made that many "underachievers" actually have a low general aptitude when carefully measured.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001076:Aptitude; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D014477:Underachievement