Citation

Patterson Silver Wolf DA, Perkins J, Van Zile-Tamsen C, Butler-Barnes S. J. Interpers. Violence 2018; 33(23): 3686-3704.

Affiliation

Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260516639255

PMID

27021735

Abstract

Violence and relationship abuse are pervasive public health problems that have a range of negative effects, with exceptionally high prevalence among ethno-racial minority youth. This study assesses the prevalence of these types of violence among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students and examines the impact of victimization on academic performance of AI/AN and non-AI/AN student populations using self-reported college health survey data.

RESULTS show that students who identified fully or partially as AI/AN reported markedly higher rates of all types of violence/abuse than did other students, and students who had experienced violence/abuse had lower grade point averages (GPAs) compared with those who had not. Recommendations for future research and direct practice with AI/AN students are discussed.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en