Gepubliceerd in:
01-11-2013
The Link Between Childhood Exposure to Violence and Academic Achievement: Complex Pathways
Auteurs:
Tracy Vaillancourt, Patricia McDougall
Gepubliceerd in:
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
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Uitgave 8/2013
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Excerpt
Exposure to violence, which includes peer victimization (i.e., bullying), family violence (i.e., child maltreatment and witnessing intimate partner abuse), and community violence (e.g., being physically assaulted, witnessing gunfire, etc.), is a pressing global public health issue that affects far too many children and youth who experience violence directly, or as witnesses, in their schools, homes, and communities. For example, a recent study examining national estimates of exposure to multiple types of violence among American children aged 0 to 17 years of age, indicated that over 60 % had been exposed to violence and that 10 % had experienced an injury as a result of their victimization (Finkelhor et al.
2009). …