{"id":2165,"date":"2018-06-11T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2018-06-11T14:35:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:35:07","slug":"achievement-pressure-linked-to-anxiety-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/06\/11\/achievement-pressure-linked-to-anxiety-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievement Pressure Linked to Anxiety, Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Schools with high-achieving students are reporting higher than average rates of teen depression and anxiety, a growing body of research shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve found is that kids in high-achieving, relatively affluent communities are reporting higher levels of substance abuse than inner-city kids and levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms are also commensurate \u2014 if not greater,\u201d Suniya Luthar, a professor emerita at Columbia University\u2019s Teachers College told NPR.<\/p>\n

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Luthar has been studying adolescents for more than 20 years and is the founder of Authentic Conversations, a nonprofit that seeks to help kids build resilience.<\/p>\n

In response to the trend, a growing number of communities are working to address the sometimes-harmful effects of achievement culture. In one of those communities \u2014 Wilton, Connecticut \u2014 a psychologist was hired to survey students at the local high school. The findings? Rates of student anxiety, depression, and drug and alcohol use were considerably higher than the national average.<\/p>\n

Parents and educators are now pushing for a culture change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to broaden our definition of success and celebrate more kinds of success,\u201d parent Genevieve Easton told NPR.<\/p>\n

Listen to the full story<\/a> and read the latest edition<\/a> of the NACAC\u2019s Journal of College Admission<\/em> to learn how counselors are seeking to reduce achievement for college-bound teens.<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Schools with high-achieving students are reporting higher than average rates of teen depression and anxiety, a growing body of research shows. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve found is that kids in high-achieving, relatively affluent communities are reporting higher levels of substance abuse than inner-city kids and levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms are also commensurate \u2014 if not … Continue reading Achievement Pressure Linked to Anxiety, Depression<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[396],"class_list":["post-2165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-readiness","tag-achievement-culture"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-yV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}