ArticlePsychoneuroendocrinology2025
The social context of educational effort - implications for psychological and physiological health in adolescence.
Lauren Gaydosh, Taylor Hargrove, Audrey Kelly, Kalsea Koss, Lisa Schnepper, Daniel Notterman, Colter Mitchell
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Lauren GaydoshUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Electronic address: lgaydosh@unc.edu.
Taylor HargroveUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Audrey KellyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Kalsea KossUniversity of Georgia, USA.
Lisa SchnepperPrinceton University, USA.
Daniel NottermanPrinceton University, USA.
Colter MitchellUniversity of Michigan, USA.
Funding
Fragile Families and the Transition to AdulthoodR01HD036916 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Kathryn Edin, Jane Waldfogel · 1999 to 2026
$46.3MThe Fragile Families Cardiovascular Health Follow Up StudyR01HL149869 · NHLBI · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI LLOYD-JONES, DONALD M, NOTTERMAN, DANIEL A. · 2020 to 2023
$11.9MResearch Services CoreP2CHD050924 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KAREN B GUZZO · 2015 to 2026
$9.6MReciprocal Genetic-Environmental Interactions During Childhood and AdolescenceR01HD076592 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI NOTTERMAN, DANIEL A. · 2013 to 2023
$6.8MEpigenetic Mediation of Adverse Social Context on Stress Response, Socioemotional Development, and Health in a Population-based Study of Minority and Low SES Children and AdolescentsR01MD011716 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MITCHELL, COLTER M.S. · 2017 to 2022
$4.6MEffects of poverty on affective development: A multi-level, longitudinal studyR01MH103761 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MONK, CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN · 2014 to 2018
$3.3MECONOMIC STATUS, PUBLIC POLICY, AND CHILD NEGLECTR01HD039135 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI PAXSON, CHRISTINA H · 2000 to 2004
$3.1MBiological Aging Across the Life Course: Harmonizing Cohort Biospecimen ArchivesR01AG071071 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jessica Faul, Lauren M Gaydosh · 2021 to 2026
$3.0MChild Care and Parental Employment in Fragile FamiliesR01HD040421 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE · PI BROOKS-GUNN, JEANNE · 2002 to 2006
$2.8MHealth Disparities: Inflammatory Response, Immune Function, and Environmental (In)CongruenceR21HD095448 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GAYDOSH, LAUREN M, HARGROVE, TAYLOR · 2018 to 2019
$457kNHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL149869NIA NIH HHS R01 AG071071NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD050924NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD036916NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD039135NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD040421NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD076592NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD095448NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD011716NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103761
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Individual educational effort usually promotes educational success and attainment, and generally has long-lasting positive consequences. However, there is important heterogeneity in this relationship due in part to constraints on the efficacy of individual effort presented by structural disadvantage, racism, and ethnocentrism. Using longitudinal data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n = 1670, age 0-17, male and female), we investigate the relationship between educational effort and mental (depressive symptoms) and physical (accelerated epigenetic aging) health. Drawing from scholarship on intersectionality, John Henryism, and skin-deep resilience, we investigate whether the associations are moderated by socioeconomic disadvantage, and test for differences by race and ethnicity (White, Black, and Hispanic). We find that educational effort is consistently protective for depressive symptoms but predicts accelerated epigenetic aging among Hispanic adolescents from low socioeconomic circumstances.
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Academic SuccessMental HealthAdolescentAgingBlack or African AmericanChildChild, PreschoolDepressionEducational StatusEthnicityFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMale
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