115745Boys Town Translational Research Center, NE, USA.
School of Social Work, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2020 Nov;25(4):398-409. doi: 10.1177/1077559519900806. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
This study tests a developmental cascades model in which childhood maltreatment is hypothesized to influence adult educational attainment by increasing attention problems and reducing successful school experiences during adolescence. Two path models tested direct and indirect associations of childhood maltreatment with adult educational attainment. Model 1 used three parent-reported subtypes of childhood maltreatment (physical/emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect). Model 2 added an agency-reported measure of childhood maltreatment. Both models detected indirect effects of childhood maltreatment subtypes on adult educational attainment through attention and school discipline problems, poor school engagement, and low extracurricular involvement. Model 2 also detected a direct effect of agency-reported childhood maltreatment on the adult outcome. Regardless of the type of maltreatment or data source used, school factors mediated the associations of childhood maltreatment on adult educational attainment. Promoting school engagement and reducing disciplinary referrals for maltreated youth could improve their educational attainment over the long term.
本研究检验了一个发展级联模型，该模型假设儿童期虐待会通过增加注意力问题和减少青少年时期成功的学校经历，从而影响成人教育程度。两个路径模型测试了儿童期虐待与成人教育程度之间的直接和间接关联。模型 1 使用了三种父母报告的儿童期虐待类型（身体/情感虐待、性虐待、忽视）。模型 2 添加了一个机构报告的儿童期虐待测量指标。两个模型都发现了儿童期虐待类型通过注意力和学校纪律问题、较差的学校参与度以及较少的课外活动参与度对成人教育程度产生间接影响。模型 2 还检测到机构报告的儿童期虐待对成人结果的直接影响。无论使用哪种类型的虐待或数据源，学校因素都在儿童期虐待与成人教育程度之间的关联中起中介作用。促进受虐待青年的学校参与度并减少对他们的纪律处分，可能会从长远上提高他们的教育程度。
