Potential effects of adverse childhood experiences on school engagement in youth: a dominance analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have severe negative impacts on childhood and adult health via worsened school engagement and educational outcomes. This study seeks to identify the relative importance of various ACEs in predicting school engagement.

Methods

We analyzed data from the National Survey of Children's Health for school-aged children (ages 6-17) for 2018 and 2019. The primary outcome was school engagement, measured through three variables: repeating a grade, doing required homework, and caring about doing well in school. We conducted three logistic regression models with dominance analyses to identify the relative importance of ACE variables in predicting school engagement outcomes.

Results

In unadjusted and adjusted dominance analyses, p

SUBMITTER: Webb NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668388 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature