Teacher unfairness in adolescence, educational attainment, and adult Health: The role of school- and individual-level perceptions tested in a national cohort study
•Teacher unfairness in adolescence predicted higher depression.•Greater perceived teacher unfairness relative to peers predicted higher depression.•School-wide teacher unfairness predicted poorer self-rated health in adulthood.•Educational attainment mediates the link of teacher unfairness and adult health.
Authors
- Stephanie M. Koning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0673-2483)
- Shanting Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3390-2513)
- Phoebe H. Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0248-2504)
- Jacob E. Aronoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1422-801X)
- Taylor W. Hargrove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8759-1944)
- Natalie C. Ebner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2705-7520)
- Thomas W. McDade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5829-648X)
- Jessica Polos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-3471)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- DePaul University (US)
- University of Nevada, Reno (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Arizona State University (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SSM - Population Health
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101810
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.93
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development