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This study was funded by the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and College of Human Sciences of Texas Tech University. The authors would like to acknowledge Prof. Phan Chan-Peou of Royal University of Phnom Penh for his data collection supervision, and other psychology students who helped with interviews.
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Academic achievement among adolescents in Cambodia: does caregiver trauma matter?†
Article first published online: 2 JUL 2009
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20329
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Eng, S., Mulsow, M., Cleveland, H. and Hart, S. L. (2009), Academic achievement among adolescents in Cambodia: does caregiver trauma matter?. Journal of Community Psychology, 37: 754–768. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20329
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- Issue published online: 2 JUL 2009
- Article first published online: 2 JUL 2009
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Abstract
How will hostilities occurring around today's world influence future generations in affected areas? Cambodia may be one place where this question can be answered, and academic achievement is one way to measure these effects. Cambodian adolescent/caregiver dyads (n=288) were examined for links between caregiver trauma history and adolescent academic achievement, using self reports of adolescents' relationships with caregivers, caregivers' reports of trauma history and symptoms (Harvard Trauma Questionnaire), and school records of adolescents' academic achievement. Fourteen percent of caregivers met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Overall, caregiver trauma predicted caregiver education, which then predicted caregiver warmth, but not adolescents' academic achievement. Adolescents' academic achievement was predicted by caregivers' brain-related trauma, child gender, hours taking extra classes, and father's education. Implications for community health professionals are offered. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.