School Perceptions Of Children Raised By Grandparents

Keywords

Children raised by grandparents; Family structure; Stereotype threat; Teacher expectation

Abstract

Increasing numbers of children raised by grandparents are students in schools. Their substitute family structure and precursors to the emergence of this family structure have implications for the children’s school performance. Research suggests teachers view these children as at risk for difficult school functioning. The aforementioned judgment is problematic because teacher expectations, attributions, and biases are associated with stereotype threat that impacts student performance adversely. The author compares children raised by grandparents with children raised by parents and foster parents. The author examines the children’s perceptions of their teachers’ views of their school performance. He also examines the children’s general feelings about school. Participants in the study were 6,550 students in Grades 6–8 from the nationally representative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. Nonparametric statistical analyses reveal children raised by grandparents believe teachers’view their school performance negatively when compared with children living with both parents. Strategies are described to improve the children’s performance in school and to foster favorable teacher perceptions.

Publication Date

12-19-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volume

34

Issue

1

Number of Pages

86-100

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/15377903.2017.1403401

Socpus ID

85038635842 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85038635842

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