The role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in predicting academic problems among college students.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The complex associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and academic performance among college students are not well understood. The following aims were examined in this longitudinal study: the direct association of ACEs on academic problems after 4 years without (1) and with accounting for other academic risk factors (2a), the possible mechanisms linking ACEs and academic problems (2b).

Participants and setting

First-semester freshmen (N = 268; 71.3% female; M_age = 18.30; 76.9% White, 14.6% Asian, 3.7% Black, 2.6% multiracial, 1.1% Native American, and 1.1% other) were recruited from a Midwestern U.S. university.

Methods

Participants reported their ACEs, intrinsic motivation, psychological distress, and financial stat

SUBMITTER: Gresham B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10117202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature