Exposure to life adversity in high school and later work participation: a longitudinal population-based study.
This paper investigates whether exposure to violence, sexual abuse, or bullying is associated with later work participation and whether high school completion has a potential mediating role. Self-reported junior high school questionnaire data were linked for eight consecutive years to prospective registry data for the demographics, educational progress, employment activity, and social benefits of 11,874 individuals. Ordinal regression analysis showed that violence and/or bullying at 15 years of age predicted negative work participation outcomes eight years later, independent of high school completion and other relevant factors. Although increasing educational level may have some preventive effect, these results indicate that prevention efforts should be initiated at an early age and should target adverse life experiences.
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Kirkeveien 166, N-0407 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: i.f.strom@nkvts.unirand.no.
Ida Frugård
IF
Strøm
Siri
S
Thoresen
Tore
T
Wentzel-Larsen
Ole Kristian
OK
Hjemdal
Lars
L
Lien
Grete
G
Dyb
D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D058445:Bullying; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012574:Schools; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence; D055815:Young Adult
Bullying; Longitudinal; Sexual abuse; Violence; Work participation