Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

Underachievement

Known as: Underachievements 
Performance, usually in school work, poorer than that predicted from aptitude and/or intelligence testing.
National Institutes of Health

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Underachievement Among College Students
Many high-achieving students do not question their academic success. They do well and are content with the study skills they have… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Ethnic stereotypes and the underachievement of UK medical students from ethnic minorities: qualitative study
Objective To explore ethnic stereotypes of UK medical students in the context of academic underachievement of medical students… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Childhood and adolescent antecedents of drug and alcohol problems: A longitudinal study.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Using generic system archetypes to support thinking and modelling
This paper provides some context for my paper which won the 2004 Jay Wright Forrester award. It describes the system dynamics… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Teacher Expectations of Student Behavior
This study explored elementary school teachers' expectations of student behavior in terms of teachers' demographic… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Origins and consequences of age at first drink. I. Associations with substance-use disorders, disinhibitory behavior and psychopathology, and P3 amplitude.
BACKGROUND Although an early age at first drink has been repeatedly associated with substantially elevated rates of alcoholism… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Academic Underachievement in ADHD Subtypes
Although a relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and academic underachievement has been widely… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Premorbid Social Underachievement in Schizophrenia
In an investigation of the timing and precursors of social decline in schizophrenia and affective psychosis, 195 subjects from… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Predictors of over- and underachievement of age-predicted maximal heart rate.
The age-predicted maximal heart rate (PMHR) formula, 220--age, is frequently used for identifying exercise training intensity, as… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Spatial learning disabilities and underachievement among university anatomy students
Summary. In this study the relationship between underachievement in anatomy and spatial ability (both geometrical and anatomical… 
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab), Terms of Service (opens in a new tab), and Dataset License (opens in a new tab)