The Kind of Student You Were in Elementary School Predicts Mortality.
We examined the association of self-reported and teacher-rated student characteristics assessed at the end of primary school with all-cause mortality assessed through age 52. Data stem from a representative sample of students from Luxembourg assessed in 1968 (N = 2,543; M = 11.9 years, SD = 0.6; 49.9% female; N = 166 participants died). Results from logistic regression analyses showed that the self-reported responsible student scale (OR = .81; CI = [.70; .95]) and the teacher rating of studiousness (OR = .80; CI = [.67; .96]) were predictive for all-cause mortality even after controlling for IQ, parental SES, and sex. These findings indicate that both observer-rated and self-reported student behaviors are important life-course predictors for mortality and are perhaps more important than childhood IQ.
University of Luxembourg.
Marion
M
Spengler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Brent W
BW
Roberts
Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education.
Oliver
O
Lüdtke
University of Luxembourg.
Romain
R
Martin
Free University and Berlin-Brandenburg Institute for School Quality.
Martin
M
Brunner
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008189:Luxembourg / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult