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The poverty puzzle: the surprising difference between wealthy and poor students for self-efficacy and academic achievement

  • Diomaris E. Jurecska EMAIL logo , Kelly B.T. Chang , Mary A. Peterson , Chole E. Lee-Zorn , Joav Merrick und Elizabeth Sequeira
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 1. Februar 2012

Abstract

This study explored the relationship between intellectual ability, socioeconomic status (SES), academic achievement and self-efficacy in a cross-cultural sample. Data from 90 students (63 students from Central America and 27 from the US) showed that regardless of culture or IQ, students from low SES families had significantly lower grade point averages than students from medium- or high-SES families. Unexpectedly, data showed that regardless of culture or IQ, students from high-SES families had the lowest self-efficacy, but the highest academic performance. Results suggest that self-efficacy is likely to be related to expectations and self-perception beyond IQ or culture.


Corresponding author: Diomaris E. Jurecska, MA, Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology, George Fox University, 414 N Meridian Street, Newberg, OR 97132, USA

Received: 2011-8-14
Revised: 2011-10-3
Accepted: 2011-10-10
Published Online: 2012-02-01
Published in Print: 2012-12-01

©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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