%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of Violence and Relationship Abuse on Grades of American Indian/Alaska Native Undergraduate College Students
%A Carol Van Zile-Tamsen
%A David A. Patterson Silver Wolf
%A Jacob Perkins
%A Sheretta Butler-Barnes
%J Journal of Interpersonal Violence
%@ 1552-6518
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0886260516639255
%X Violence and relationship abuse are pervasive public health problems that have a range of negative effects, with exceptionally high prevalence among ethno¨Cracial minority youth. This study assesses the prevalence of these types of violence among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students and examines the impact of victimization on academic performance of AI/AN and non-AI/AN student populations using self-reported college health survey data. Results show that students who identified fully or partially as AI/AN reported markedly higher rates of all types of violence/abuse than did other students, and students who had experienced violence/abuse had lower grade point averages (GPAs) compared with those who had not. Recommendations for future research and direct practice with AI/AN students are discussed
%K sexual assault
%K cultural contexts
%K anything related to sexual assault
%K violence exposure
%K American Indian/Alaska Native
%K academic performance
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0886260516639255