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CHARACTERIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIOLENCE EXPOSURE AND
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
by
Larissa Alexandra Borofsky
__________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(PSYCHOLOGY)
August 2011
Copyright 2011 Larissa Alexandra Borofsky
Object Description
| Title | Characterizing the relationship between violence exposure and academic performance |
| Author | Borofsky, Larissa Alexandra |
| Author email | borofsky@usc.edu;lborofsky@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-06-27 |
| Date submitted | 2011-07-19 |
| Date approved | 2011-07-19 |
| Restricted until | 2011-07-19 |
| Date published | 2011-07-19 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Margolin, Gayla |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Manis, Franklin Prescott, Carol |
| Abstract | The present study attempts to characterize the relationship between exposure to community violence and academic performance during late childhood and adolescence. Using longitudinal data, this study examined the influence of timing and chronicity of violence, in addition to cross-sectional relationships. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder were also evaluated as potential moderators of the relationship between violence exposure and academics. Results indicate that community violence is strongly associated with poorer academic outcomes across late childhood and adolescence with both concurrent and prospective effects. Chronic violence exposure was also associated with poorer academic outcomes. Finally, reexperiencing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder were found to moderate the relationship between violence exposure and academics. Implications of these results for helping violence-exposed youth, particularly within the academic domain, are discussed. |
| Keyword | adolescence; community violence; academics |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Borofsky, Larissa Alexandra |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-BorofskyLa-133.pdf |
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| Full text | CHARACTERIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIOLENCE EXPOSURE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE by Larissa Alexandra Borofsky __________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PSYCHOLOGY) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Larissa Alexandra Borofsky |
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