2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.10.003
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The influence of childhood maltreatment on adolescents’ academic performance

Abstract: Evidence that childhood maltreatment is associated with emotional and behavioral problems throughout childhood suggests that maltreatment could lead to impaired academic performance in middle and high school. This article explores these effects using data on siblings. An index measure of the intensity of childhood maltreatment was included as a covariate in multivariate analyses of adolescents' risk for school performance impairments. Family fixed effects were used to control for unobservables linked to family… Show more

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“…Her results suggest that the more times you are caught committing crime and the amount of time spent in prison both greatly increase the likelihood of becoming a high school dropout. Some recent studies in health economics investigate the effect of childhood mental health problems such as ADHD, aggression, antisocial behavior, and depression on human capital accumulation later in life (Le et al 2005;Stabile 2006, 2007;Slade and Wissow 2007;Fletcher and Wolfe 2007). These studies typically find large negative effects of childhood mental health problems on educational attainment.…”
Section: Previous Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Her results suggest that the more times you are caught committing crime and the amount of time spent in prison both greatly increase the likelihood of becoming a high school dropout. Some recent studies in health economics investigate the effect of childhood mental health problems such as ADHD, aggression, antisocial behavior, and depression on human capital accumulation later in life (Le et al 2005;Stabile 2006, 2007;Slade and Wissow 2007;Fletcher and Wolfe 2007). These studies typically find large negative effects of childhood mental health problems on educational attainment.…”
Section: Previous Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of particular importance is direct victimization of a child (e.g., in the form of maltreatment), which is regarded as a particularly noxious adverse experience with profound implications for children's outcomes in many domains (Cicchetti & Toth, 1995;Turner, Finkelhor, & Ormrod, 2006). In addition to the general impact maltreatment has on a child's functioning, maltreatment has been found to have particularly deleterious effects on children's academic functioning (Slade & Wissow, 2007;Wodarski, Kurtz, Gaudin, & Howing, 1990).…”
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“…Maltreatment has been found to affect older students' academic and related outcomes (Courtney, Roderick, Smithgall, Gladden, & Nagaoka, 2004;Wodarski, Kurtz, Gaudin, & Howing, 1990). More intense or longlasting maltreatment was found to be associated with low grade point averages and problems com pleting homework assignments, though the impact was moderated by cognitive deficits (Slade & Wissow, 2007). Courtney, Terao, and Bost (2004) reported that older maltreated adolescents were three or four grade levels behind in reading abilities and that, compared with their nonmaltreated peers, significantly more had repeated at least one grade.…”
Section: Impact Of Maltreatment On School Performancementioning
confidence: 99%