The roles of anxious and prosocial behavior in early academic performance: A population-based study examining unique and moderated effects

We examined two social and emotional behaviors (anxious and prosocial behavior) and their links with academic achievement among kindergarten students. We conducted a population-level examination among kindergarten students in New South Wales in 2009 and 2012 (N = 206,210) of the extent to which the two behaviors are associated with kindergarten achievement (unique and moderated effects). With a subsample (n = 52,661), we examined additional...