This study aimed to examine pathways from child abuse to school adjustment and the roles of self-control and academic stress on the link among North Korean adolescent refugees living in South Korea and native South Korean adolescents. A total of 610 students (adolescents from South Korea = 325 and adolescents from North Korea = 285) living in South Korea, from juniors in middle schools to seniors in high schools, were interviewed in 2017. Multigroup structural equation modeling was used to examine differences in the country of origin on the pathways from abuse to school adjustment via self-control and academic stress. North Korean adolescent refugees were less likely to adjust to their school life than South Korean adolescents. Academic stress was found as a significant mediator between self-control and school adjustment in both South Korean and North Korean adolescents. Child abuse was associated with self-control of South Korean adolescents. Childhood abuse from parents can have an overall influence on individual characteristics and school life for adolescents. By paying attention to this process, comprehensive solutions are urgently required not only to intervene in the problem of abusive parenting behaviors but also to block the path of the expanding negative consequences among both groups of adolescents.

本研究旨在研究从虐待儿童到学校调整的途径，以及自我控制和学业压力对居住在韩国的朝鲜青少年难民与韩国本土青少年之间联系的作用。2017 年共采访了居住在韩国的 610 名学生（韩国青少年 = 325 和朝鲜青少年 = 285），从初中生到高中生。多组结构方程模型用于检查差异在原籍国通过自我控制和学业压力从虐待到学校调整的途径。与韩国青少年相比，朝鲜青少年难民适应学校生活的可能性更小。学术压力被发现是韩国和朝鲜青少年自我控制和学校适应之间的重要中介。虐待儿童与韩国青少年的自我控制有关。来自父母的童年虐待会对青少年的个人特征和学校生活产生整体影响。通过关注这一过程，迫切需要全面的解决方案，不仅要干预虐待性养育行为的问题，还要阻断这两类青少年负面后果扩大的路径。