Eric P. Slade|Lawrence S. Wissow
The influence of childhood maltreatment on adolescents’ academic performance
VA Capitol Health Care Network|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Johns Hopkins University
evidence childhood maltreatment associated emotional behavioral problems throughout childhood suggests maltreatment could lead impaired academic performance middle high school article explores effects using data siblings index measure intensity childhood maltreatment included covariate multivariate analyses adolescents risk school performance impairments family fixed effects used control unobservables linked family background neighborhood effects intense childhood maltreatment associated greater probability low gpa p0001 problems completing homework assignments p0007 associations maltreatment intensity adolescent school performance sensitive model specification additional analyses suggested maltreatment effects moderated cognitive deficits related attention problems implications findings educators schools discussed