Sentences with phrase «poor academic functioning»

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However, the study found marijuana use was predictive of poorer functioning across more areas, including lower academic functioning, being less prepared for school, more delinquent behavior and poorer mental health.

Therefore, even small changes in computer time, dinner time, or staying awake to do homework can lead to poorer neurobehavioral functioning the next day and have an effect on sustained vigilance and attention, which are vital for optimal academic performance.

Children of depressed mothers are two to three times more likely to develop a mood disorder, and are at increased risk for impaired functioning across multiple domains, including cognitive, social and academic functioning, and poor physical health.

Research consistently indicates that children with more developed executive function skills prior to kindergarten experience greater school success.6, 7 For academic achievement, these skills may scaffold language and mathematic success.12 In fact, in a low - income sample of children, researchers have found that executive function skills prior to kindergarten predict growth in both numeracy and literacy skills across the kindergarten year.12 A successful transition to school may be particularly critical for children who have faced high levels of adversity and may be at risk for poorer school performance.

Furthermore, externalizing problems are associated with many poor outcomes later in life, such as impairments in academic and psychosocial functioning, delinquency and substance abuse [3]--[7].

Conversely, when children fail to build social skills properly, or their skills do not function effectively in the early developmental phase, they subsequently display problem behaviors and experience later social maladaptation, school maladjustment, and poor academic performance [2, 3].