School performance of children whose parents suffered torture and war—a register-based study in Denmark.
Background Young refugees and descendants of refugees have different preconditions for learning than their peers without refugee background. Children growing up in families where parents have suffered torture and war trauma may represent a particularly vulnerable group. This study investigates wheth...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 749 - 756 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=153037627&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 153037627 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11011262 BHW jtl: European Journal of Public Health issn: 11011262 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2021 vid: 31 iid: 4 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 153037627 153037627 153037627 10.1093/eurpub/ckab108 153037627 ppf: 749 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: School performance of children whose parents suffered torture and war—a register-based study in Denmark. aug: au: Bager, Line Laursen, Thomas Munk Skipper, Niels Agerbo, Esben affil: Department of Economics and Business Economics, NCRR, National Centre for Register-Based Research, Aarhus University , Aarhus, Denmark sug: subj: Academic Performance In Infancy and Childhood Torture Survivors War Human Parents Denmark Child Psychological Trauma Linear Regression Logistic Regression Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio Descriptive Statistics Refugees Child: 6-12 years ab: Background Young refugees and descendants of refugees have different preconditions for learning than their peers without refugee background. Children growing up in families where parents have suffered torture and war trauma may represent a particularly vulnerable group. This study investigates whether children of torture survivors living in Denmark achieved different test scores throughout primary and secondary school compared to children of non-traumatized parents. Methods Using data from a national school test programme, tests from Grades 2–8 were compared for children whose parents had been treated for torture and war trauma as to their peers. Referral to specialized rehabilitation clinics was used to identify the traumatized parent group. The mean score difference was estimated using multilevel linear regression, and outcomes were measured within groups of parental region of origin to allow for region-specific effects. The odds of missing a test were also estimated with multilevel logistic regression. Results The study included 854 467 children [median age (interquartile range) =12 (3.3)] of which 7809 were children of the trauma-exposed parents. The analysis revealed that children of torture survivors achieved test scores between −6% (95% CI: −0.13, 0.00) and −38% (95% CI: −0.44, −0.32) of a standard deviation compared to children of non-traumatized parents, adjusted for the main effect of region of origin. They were also more likely to miss a test [OR=4.95 (95% CI: 4.30, 5.71)]. Conclusions The findings indicate that risk factors for poorer school performance cluster in children of traumatized refugee parents, and reveal the possible adverse educational effects of trauma across generations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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