The Effects of domestic violence on the academic achievement of African American boys in Elementary school.

Running Head : Effect of Domestic Violence on African American Boys

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Various research studies have been directed to the various socio-economic factors which are affecting the African American boys males . However , the same research is only a recent phenomena developed to address the various sociological factors affecting these people (Buzawa , 1992

Among the light of these many factors is the influence of the domestic violence to the academic portfolio of these children . By its definition domestic violence means the states of violent confrontations which

br occurs between the different family members of the family which may include sexual assault , physical harming , infiltration of fear and excessive application of pressure on the rights of the others within the family . Recent studies shows that 26 of the African American boys have been affected negatively in the academic results by this problem (Mullender , 1996 , Cook , 1997

Generally while at school , the boys are characterized by exorbitantly excessive situations of stress which is beyond the state of its management . Various characteristics including stress conditions have been found out which have negatively affected their studies . Domestic violence subjects them to sphere educational standards which could even range to taking the boys to gender sensitive schools (Hambeger , 1996 However , such schools have lacked the adequate academic structures for the most appropriate education . The same boys however much schooled are faced with extreme disproportional in opportunities within the labor market (Hyle , 1999 ) They are usually having little access to the most adequate level of education standards which are got from the instability got from the unstable families (May , 2005

Domestic violence has been found to provide traumatic conditions to the African American children which negatively underscore their concentration in schools . However , there are many emerging programs that provide social support to such children . However , though many research findings have had various findings , the general public has continued to underscore the attention ascribed to these children (Colker , 2006 Shipway , 2004

Due to the disparity in the socio-economic dispensation between the African American people and the others , low levels of education have been a major problem . However , domestic violence has been a physical cause of social trauma to the children which acts to negatively affect the school attention and hence poor success (Bohmer , et al , 2002 Darris , 1998

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