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Adolescent education outcomes and maltreatment: The role of pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance

Maltreated children are at high risk for low educational achievement, however few studies have accounted for confounding risk factors that commonly co-occur (including child, family and neighbourhood risk factors) and results have been mixed, particularly for adolescents.

Citation:
Maclean MJ, Taylor CL, O'Donnell M. Adolescent education outcomes and maltreatment: The role of pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance. Child Abuse Negl. 2020;109:104721.  

Keywords:
Academic achievement; Child abuse; Educational outcomes; Maltreatment; Out-of-home care; Record linkage.

Abstract:
Maltreated children are at high risk for low educational achievement, however few studies have accounted for confounding risk factors that commonly co-occur (including child, family and neighbourhood risk factors) and results have been mixed, particularly for adolescents.