Community violence exposure and children's academic functioning.

David Schwartz ^[1] ; Andrea Hopmeyer Gorman ^[2]
1. [1] University of Southern California
  
  University of Southern California
  
  Estados Unidos
2. [2] University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  
  University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  
  Township of Cunningham, Estados Unidos
Localización: Journal of educational psychology, ISSN-e 1939-2176, ISSN 0022-0663, Vol. 95, Nº. 1, 2003, págs. 163-173
Idioma: inglés
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- This study reports a cross-sectional investigation of the link between community violence exposure and academic difficulties for 237 urban elementary school children (mean age of 9.5 years). Children completed a self-report inventory assessing exposure to community violence. Their achievement test scores and GPAs were obtained from school records, and other aspects of psychosocial adjustment were assessed with a multi-informant approach. Analyses indicated that community violence exposure was associated with poor academic performance. These relations appeared to be mediated by symptoms of depression and disruptive behavior and remained significant even after the prediction associated with bullying by peers was controlled. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)