Academic Achievement and Subsequent Depression: A Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies

This meta-analysis of the relation between academic achievement and subsequent depression included 43 longitudinal studies comprising 50 samples involving a total of 24,557 participants. The correlation between academic achievement and subsequent depression was small at r = −.15. When controlling for prior depression, the mean effect of prior academic achievement on subsequent depression was β = −.06. The correlation between prior academic...