%0 Journal Article
%T The effect of violence in childhood on school success factors in US children
%J Child abuse and neglect
%D 2021
%A Ghanem, Nouran
%V 120
%N 
%P e105217-e105217
%X BACKGROUND: A robust literature-base on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) provides strong evidence on the relationships between social adversity in childhood and the health and well-being of individuals across the lifespan. One form of social adversity, exposure to violence in childhood, is not only harmful to a child's health and well-being, but detrimental to their performance in school. Poor performance in school may affect educational attainment later in life and hinder a child's upward social mobility. We focus on the impact of violence-related ACEs on school success factors to add new evidence on how violence in childhood affects a child's educational progress. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of violence-related ACEs on school success factors, including grade repetition, school absence, and school-home contact. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS: This study uses secondary data analysis of a nationally representative survey, the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), to study a sample of non-institutionalized children aged 6-17 in the US (n = 35,122). <br><br>METHODS: We employed binary logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression using 95% confidence intervals to analyze the effect of violence in childhood on three school success factors, controlling for socio-demographic and health status characteristics. <br><br>RESULTS: We found that violence in childhood increases the likelihood of grade repetition (OR = 1.47, 95% CI, 1.12-1.92), school-home contact (OR = 2.20, 95% CI, 1.86-2.60), and school absence greater than one week (OR=1.4, 95%CI,1.08-2.00; OR=1.86, 95%CI, 1.36-2.60), controlling for socio-demographic and health status characteristics. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Violence in childhood has a statistically significant negative impact on each of the school success factors included in this study.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0145-2134
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105217