School engagement partially mediates the association between earlier community violence exposure and later cumulative GPA¶

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q3 i? The relationship between time 1 community violence and GPA was reduced but remained significant after adding time 2 school engagement, indicating significant partial mediation. → Borofsky Larissa A. 2013

Evidence¶

Borofsky Larissa A. 2013¶

Borofsky Larissa A., Kellerman Ilana, Baucom Brian, Oliver Pamella H., Margolin Gayla. (2013). Community Violence Exposure and Adolescents' School Engagement and Academic Achievement Over Time. Psychology of Violence. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034121

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Hierarchical multiple regression predicting cumulative high-school GPA (n = 96 with GPA data) from time 1 community violence and time 2 school engagement. Time 1 community violence (β = −.39, p < .001) and time 2 school engagement (β = .34, p < .001) each predicted GPA; the indirect-effect confidence interval was −.04, −.001.

"The relationship between time 1 community violence and time 2 GPA was reduced, but still significant, when time 2 school engagement was added to the model. Confidence intervals of the indirect effect estimated using PRODCLIN (MacKinnon, Fritz, Williams, & Lockwood, 2007) indicated a significant partial mediation effect."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Earlier community violence exposure inversely predicts later school engagement, but earlier school engagement does not predict later community violence exposure — related
• Internalizing, externalizing, and posttraumatic stress symptoms do not mediate the association between community violence exposure and GPA — related
• Externalizing and internalizing symptoms, but not posttraumatic stress symptoms, mediate the association between community violence exposure and later school engagement — related