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ERIC Number: EJ551434
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Child Maltreatment and School Performance Declines: An Event-History Analysis.
Leiter, Jeffrey; Johnsen, Matthew C.
American Educational Research Journal, v34 n3 p563-89 Fall 1997
Presents a longitudinal analysis of school performance declines among neglected and abused children, using the maltreatment and school histories of 1,369 children in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Significant relationships between maltreatment and declines in performance were found in diverse school outcomes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Performance Factors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Note: Research supported by Grants 180-187-D3-J093 and 180-188-D3-J093 from the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission and No. 90-CA-1455 from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.