ERIC Number: EJ1318234
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-2168-3603
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Time to Change Your Attitude? Socio-Economic Status, Academic Attainment, and Time Attitudes in Glasgow School Children
Worrell, Frank C.; Perry, John L.; Wells, Kevin E.; McKay, Michael T.
International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, v9 n4 p280-289 2021
Closing the poverty-related attainment gap in schoolchildren is a stated priority for the Scottish Government. In the present study, we examine the poverty-related attainment gap in Glasgow, a city wherein more than half of the 100 most deprived areas in Scotland are to be found. Further, we examine the potential mediating role of school attendance, academic self-efficacy, and future time attitudes (positive and negative) in the relationship between socio-economic status and academic attainment. Participants (N = 3,812) were from 30 High schools in the Glasgow Local Authority area. In the first instance, we examined the mediating role of both academic self-efficacy and school attendance. Then, in a subsample, we further examined the additional potential of both positive and negative time attitudes to mediate this relationship. Results of Study 1 support the combined partially mediating effect of both academic self-efficacy and higher school attendance on the poverty-attainment relationship. Results of Study 2 show that these variables fully mediate the poverty-attainment relationship, and further evidence a direct effect of both positive and negative time attitudes on attainment. The direct effects of time attitudes on attainment suggest that this construct may be viable in addressing the poverty-related attainment gap across the social spectrum.
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Time Perspective, Socioeconomic Status, Poverty Areas, Disadvantaged Environment, Correlation, Academic Achievement, High School Students, Adolescents, Attendance, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap, Urban Areas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Glasgow)
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