Effects of Psychophysiological Reactivity to a School-Related Stressor and Temperament on Early Adolescents' Academic Performance

Autor/inn/en	Scrimin, Sara; Moscardino, Ughetta; Finos, Livio; Mason, Lucia
Titel	Effects of Psychophysiological Reactivity to a School-Related Stressor and Temperament on Early Adolescents' Academic Performance
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 39 (2019) 6, S.904-931 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431618797008
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Stress Variables; Video Technology; Metacognition; Personality Traits; Physiology; Profiles; Educational Environment; Grade 7; Measurement; Grades (Scholastic); Extraversion Introversion; Correlation; Cognitive Ability; Metabolism; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Status; Test Anxiety; Identification; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Physiologie; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Messverfahren; Notenspiegel; Korrelation; Denkfähigkeit; Stoffwechsel; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Italien
Abstract	This study investigated early adolescents' psychophysiological response to a school-related stressor (SRS) as indexed by heart rate variability and examined the unique and interactive effects of heart rate variability and temperament on academic achievement. A total of 91 seventh graders watched an SRS video-clip while their heart rate variability was registered. Temperament and grades were also assessed. Heart rate variability decreased from baseline while watching the video-clip, indicating the activation of a stress response, and returned to basal level when recovering. Regression analyses revealed that among youth with an inhibited temperament, higher heart rate variability in the poststressor phase was related to better performance, whereas socially outgoing students performed well regardless of their recovery rate. These are among the first data to report on the link between early adolescents' parasympathetic self-regulatory activity in response to an SRS, temperamental profiles, and academic functioning. Implications for theory and educational practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01