Making the grade but feeling distressed: gender differences in academic performance and internal distress

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Research has shown that girls typically perform better than boys in school during primary school years and into adolescence. Studies have also shown that girls are more prone to stress than boys.

The authors aimed to build on previous studies of gender differences in academic achievement to see if there were connections between school children's academic performance and their stress levels.

In this study, mental distress refers to the stress that school children perceive themselves to be suffering from, measured in terms of worrying, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem.

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