TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Impact of violence and relationship abuse on grades of American Indian/Alaska Native undergraduate college students JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Patterson Silver Wolf, David A. A1 - Perkins, Jacob A1 - Van Zile-Tamsen, Carol A1 - Butler-Barnes, Sheretta SP - 3686 EP - 3704 VL - 33 IS - 23 N2 - Violence and relationship abuse are pervasive public health problems that have a range of negative effects, with exceptionally high prevalence among ethno-racial minority youth. This study assesses the prevalence of these types of violence among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students and examines the impact of victimization on academic performance of AI/AN and non-AI/AN student populations using self-reported college health survey data.

RESULTS show that students who identified fully or partially as AI/AN reported markedly higher rates of all types of violence/abuse than did other students, and students who had experienced violence/abuse had lower grade point averages (GPAs) compared with those who had not. Recommendations for future research and direct practice with AI/AN students are discussed.

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Language: en

LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516639255 ID - ref1 ER -