The Effect of Childhood Bereavement on Secondary School Performance

Autor/inn/en	Abdelnoor, Adam; Hollins, Sheila
Titel	The Effect of Childhood Bereavement on Secondary School Performance
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology in Practice, 20 (2004) 1, S.43-54 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7363
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Grief; Foreign Countries; Death; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Parents; Self Esteem; Attendance; Anxiety; Academic Achievement; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Ausland; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschüler; Eltern; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Anwesenheit; Angst; Schulleistung
Abstract	This paper reports on a UK survey of GCSE examination results for children from schools throughout England who had lost a parent (n =73) or sibling (n =24) through death to establish whether this had a long-term impact on school performance, levels of anxiety and self-esteem, and school attendance. Participants were matched for school, age, gender and ethnicity, and a smaller group for socio-economic status. The Speilberger Anxiety and Coopersmith self-esteem inventories were administered alongside a customised family history questionnaire. Bereaved participants underachieved significantly depending upon age, gender, and parents' employment history. There was also a significant rise in anxiety among the parentally bereaved group. School attendance seemed unaffected. Childhood bereavement appears to be a robust factor in underachievement. The totality of the survey findings is discussed prospectively in this paper. (Author).
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