PMID- 24230950
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140822
LR  - 20170505
IS  - 1988-2904 (Electronic)
IS  - 1138-7416 (Linking)
VI  - 16
DP  - 2013
TI  - Academic performance and social competence of adolescents: predictions based on 
      effortful control and empathy.
PG  - E87
LID - 10.1017/sjp.2013.87 [doi]
AB  - This study explored the predictive power of effortful control (EC) on empathy, 
      academic performance, and social competence in adolescents. We obtained 
      self-report measures of EC and dispositional empathy in 359 students (197 girls 
      and 162 boys) aged between 12 and 14 years. Each student provided information 
      about the prosocial behavior of the rest of his/her classmates and completed a 
      sociogram. At the end of the school year, we calculated the mean grade of each 
      student and the teacher responsible for each class completed a questionnaire on 
      the academic skills of his/her students. The study confirmed the existence of a 
      structural equation model (SEM) in which EC directly predicted academic 
      performance and social competence. Additionally, empathic concern partially 
      mediated the effect of EC on social competence. Finally, social competence 
      significantly predicted academic performance. The article discusses the practical 
      applications of the model proposed.
FAU - Zorza, Juan P
AU  - Zorza JP
AD  - Universidad de Granada (Spain).
FAU - Marino, Julian
AU  - Marino J
FAU - de Lemus, Soledad
AU  - de Lemus S
FAU - Acosta Mesas, Alberto
AU  - Acosta Mesas A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Span J Psychol
JT  - The Spanish journal of psychology
JID - 101095192
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Child
MH  - *Educational Measurement
MH  - Empathy/*physiology
MH  - Executive Function/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Competency/psychology
MH  - Models, Psychological
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Self Report
MH  - *Social Behavior
EDAT- 2013/11/16 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/26 06:00
CRDT- 2013/11/16 06:00
PHST- 2013/11/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1138741613000875 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/sjp.2013.87 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Span J Psychol. 2013;16:E87. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2013.87.