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SANCHEZ-SANCHEZ, Guadalupe del Rosario; RODRIGUEZ-VILLAGRA, Odir Antonio  y  BERNAL-MORALES, Blandina. Depressive symptoms affect adolescents' grades during their first year of high school: a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. Rev. Costarric. Psic [online]. 2025, vol.44, n.1, e361.  Epub 21-Mayo-2026. ISSN 1659-2913.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22544/rcps.v44i01.12.

Young people with academic problems are vulnerable to anxiety disorders or depression. However, the statistical relationship between anxiety, depression and academic performance among male and female adolescents is unknown. The objective was to identify with a Confirmatory Factor Analysis whether the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms is related to the grades of the first year of high school. A cross-sectional, prospective, quantitative survey study was carried out with 212 students from a high school in Xalapa, Mexico. Zung depression scores, BSPS social anxiety scores, and course grades were recorded. Academic performance was acceptable for accreditation but average for the general evaluation. The symptomatology of the disorders was presented in 52% (depression) and 24% (anxiety) of the sample. The three factorial invariance models showed an excellent fit with respect to the data. These results allowed us to demonstrate the positive classification between the latent variables anxiety and depression, and the negative classification between grades and these disorders. The three latent variables presented factor loadings greater than 0.30 for their indicators, which shows their direct effects. The negative rating of symptoms with low grades differs between sexes, predominating in females.

Palabras clave : multigroup confirmatory factor analysis; anxiety; depression; students; grades; high school..

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