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EJ472702 EC607341
Title: Maltreatment and the School-Aged Child: School Performance Consequences.Author(s): Kurtz, P. David; And Others
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, v17 n5 p581-89 Sep-Oct 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0145-2134
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1994
This study
evaluated the school performance of 139 school-age and adolescent
children, 22 of whom had been physically abused and 47 neglected.
The abused children displayed pervasive and severe academic and
socioemotional problems, while neglected children displayed academic
delays. Both groups of maltreated children showed unexpected strengths
on measures of adaptive behavior. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled);
Adjustment (to Environment); Adolescents; *Child Abuse; Child Neglect;
Children; Emotional Problems; Learning Problems; *Outcomes of Treatment;
*Performance Factors; Student Problems
