School performance after experiencing trauma: a longitudinal study of school functioning in survivors of the Utoya shootings in 2011.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The psychological impact on survivors of terrorism has been well documented. However, studies on adolescent survivors and the academic performance of high school students following a terrorist attack are lacking.

Objective

This study investigated academic performance, absenteeism, and school support amongst survivors of a terrorist attack in Norway.

Method

Data from a longitudinal interview study were linked to officially registered grades of students (N=64) who successfully completed their 3-year senior high school program. Statistical tests of mean differences and linear regression were used to compare the survivors' registered grades with the national grade point average, before and after the event, as well as to assess absenteeism, self-reported grades

SUBMITTER: Strom IF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4864847 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature