Exposure to Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Subsequent Educational Achievement Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Boden, Joseph M.; Horwood, L. John; Fergusson, David M.
Titel	Exposure to Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Subsequent Educational Achievement Outcomes
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 31 (2007) 10, S.1101-1114 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.03.022
Schlagwörter	Educational Objectives; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Late Adolescents; Children; Statistical Significance; Socioeconomic Background; Organizations (Groups); Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Longitudinal Studies; Models; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Halbstarker; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sozioökonomische Lage; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Sexueller Missbrauch; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Analogiemodell; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Objective: This paper examined the relationship between exposure to sexual and physical abuse (CSA and CPA) in childhood and later educational achievement outcomes in late adolescence and early adulthood in a birth cohort of over 1,000 children studied to age 25. Method: Retrospective data on CSA and CPA were gathered at ages 18 and 21 and used to form a best estimate of exposure to CSA and CPA. The relationship between CSA, CPA, and self-reported educational outcomes to 25 years was examined using logistic regression models that took into account social background, parental factors, and individual factors. Results: Increasing exposure to CSA and CPA was significantly associated with failing to achieve secondary school qualifications (CSA: B = 0.53, SE = 0.13, p less than 0.0001; CPA: B = 0.62, SE = 0.12, p less than 0.0001), gaining a Higher School Certificate (CSA: B = -0.48, SE = 0.13, p less than 0.001; CPA: B = -0.78, SE = 0.14, p less than 0.001), attending university (CSA: B = -0.29, SE = 0.13, p less than 0.05; CPA: B = -0.45, SE = 0.13, p less than 0.001), and gaining a university degree (CSA: B = -0.54, SE = 0.18, p less than 0.005; CPA: B = -0.64, SE = 0.17, p less than 0.001). Adjustment for confounding social, parental, and individual factors explained most of these associations. After control for confounding factors, omnibus tests of the associations between CSA and outcomes and CPA and outcomes failed to reach statistical significance (CSA: Wald x[squared] (4) = 7.72, p = 0.10; CPA: Wald x[squared] (4) = 8.26, p = 0.08). Conclusions: The effects of exposure to CSA and CPA on later educational achievement outcomes are largely explained by the social, family, and individual context within which exposure to abuse takes place. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10