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Childhood Trauma and Psychiatric Disorders as Correlates of School Dropout in a National Sample of Young Adults
Author(s) -
Porche Michelle V.,
Fortuna Lisa R.,
Lin Julia,
Alegria Margarita
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01534.x
Subject(s) - dropout (neural networks) , ethnic group , psychology , epidemiology , psychiatry , mental health , clinical psychology , immigration , psychiatric epidemiology , school dropout , medicine , archaeology , machine learning , sociology , socioeconomics , computer science , anthropology , history
The effect of childhood trauma, psychiatric diagnoses, and mental health services on school dropout among U.S.‐born and immigrant youth is examined using data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys, a nationally representative probability sample of African Americans, Afro‐Caribbeans, Asians, Latinos, and non‐Latino Whites, including 2,532 young adults, aged 21–29. The dropout prevalence rate was 16% overall, with variation by childhood trauma, childhood psychiatric diagnosis, race/ethnicity, and nativity. Childhood substance and conduct disorders mediated the relation between trauma and school dropout. Likelihood of dropout was decreased for Asians, and increased for African Americans and Latinos, compared to non‐Latino Whites as a function of psychiatric disorders and trauma. Timing of U.S. immigration during adolescence increased risk of dropout.