Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Research corner Back Research corner 3rd April 2015, 1:00am William Martin Share Research corner https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/research-corner-36 Copy Link `Effect of Childhood Victimization on Occupational Prestige and Income Trajectories’ by Fernandez, C A, Christ, S L, LeBlanc, W G et alPlos One, February 2015bit.lyChildhoodVictimsThis American study links income, education level and “occupational prestige” to instances of childhood violence. Researchers found that participants who suffered from abuse as children earned less and climbed the career ladder more slowly than their unaffected peers.The 10-year study had 8,901 participants, the youngest of whom were 14 at the start. They were each measured annually in five areas: as victims of violent crime, bullying, gun violence, perceived school safety and threatened violence at school. More than 80,000 observations were made, with each participant given a “victimisation score” ranging from 0 to 7 based on each abusive experience. As a whole, participants were found to receive $301 (pound;201) less per year for each experience of violence.Researchers also found that being victimised affected income growth in both genders. However, the women were better able to cope in positions of low professional prestige, with the men in similar positions floundering.The study hypothesises that this may stem from the masculine tendency of “bottling up” problems and being unable to confront past trauma.When men were able to work their way into prestigious jobs despite suffering from victimisation as children, the study argues that they did so by using previous abuse as an “inoculation tool”, thus protecting themselves against future threats.William MartinShare your views by tweeting @tesHot off the pressDundee: a very peculiar history by Fiona MacDonald(The Salariya Book Company)ISBN 9781910184011Fiona MacDonald tells the story of the city famous for jute, jam and journalism, from its roots as an ancient port and manufacturing centre, to its current reinvention as the home of future-forward life sciences, forensic medicine, art and design.Devil You Know by Cathy MacPhail(Floris Books)ISBN 9781782501886This action-packed thriller about a group of boys dealing with friendship, trust and revenge on a Glasgow estate combines the dramas of everyday life as a teen with a series of shocking twists.Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selectionby Alan James Hesse(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)ISBN 9781499141238This beautifully drawn comic book, researched and written on the Galapagos Islands by Alan James Hesse, traces Charles Darwin’s historic trip to the islands in 1835 and his subsequent development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.For book queries, please email chloe.darracott-cankovic@tesglobal.com Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Take £500m from universities to boost FE, report suggests William Martin • 19th October 2015 Enter the TES FE Awards now: two new categories revealed William Martin • 16th October 2015 Functional skills: overhaul of English and maths qualifications announced William Martin • 15th October 2015 Esol rally attracts 600-strong crowd William Martin • 14th October 2015 Recent Most read Most shared SEND reforms risk increasing costs in short term, says OBR News 3 March 2026 How can school leaders boost staff wellbeing? Leadership 3 March 2026 Rugby School to open Vietnam campus from September News 3 March 2026 The SEND reforms are out - now the real tests begin Analysis 25 February 2026 Do banded books make for poorer readers? Teaching & Learning 25 February 2026 3 in 5 people see teaching as ‘unappealing’ News 25 February 2026 How new are Labour’s SEND reform plans? Analysis 27 February 2026 15% of secondary teachers not confident identifying SEND News 27 February 2026 SEND reform: Experts at hand service could be a game-changer Analysis 28 February 2026
