Finkenauer Catrin, Boer Maartje, Spitzer Jenna, Weinberg Dominic, Visser Kirsten, Jonker Merel, Stevens Gonneke W J M
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
NPJ Sci Learn. 2023 Sep 15;8(1):38. doi: 10.1038/s41539-023-00189-4.
This study examined the relationship between family wealth and school dropout among vocational education students (n = 1,231; mean age=17.81). It investigated whether (1) family affluence and adolescents' own perceptions and experiences of their family wealth (i.e., perceived family wealth, financial scarcity) predict dropout, (2) adolescents' civic attitudes (i.e., system justification, institutional trust) explain the association between family wealth and school dropout, and (3) trust in teachers buffers against the risk of dropout among students with lower civic attitudes. Multivariate models revealed that financial scarcity predicted dropout. Financial scarcity showed an indirect only effect on dropout through lower institutional trust, but not through system justification. Trust in teachers was neither associated with dropout, nor a moderator. Controlling for mental health problems did not affect these results. This study helps explain how students' experienced and perceived family wealth can affect their educational attainment, by reducing their trust in social institutions.
本研究调查了职业教育学生（n = 1231；平均年龄 = 17.81岁）的家庭财富与辍学之间的关系。研究探讨了以下问题：（1）家庭富裕程度以及青少年对家庭财富的自身认知和体验（即感知到的家庭财富、经济匮乏）是否能预测辍学；（2）青少年的公民态度（即系统正当性、对机构的信任）是否能解释家庭财富与辍学之间的关联；（3）对教师的信任是否能缓冲公民态度较低的学生的辍学风险。多变量模型显示，经济匮乏可预测辍学。经济匮乏仅通过较低的机构信任对辍学产生间接影响，而非通过系统正当性。对教师的信任既与辍学无关，也不是一个调节因素。控制心理健康问题并不影响这些结果。本研究有助于解释学生所体验和感知到的家庭财富如何通过降低他们对社会机构的信任来影响其教育成就。
