Gender and poverty: Self-esteem among elementary school children
| Autor: | Josefina Figueira-Mcdonough, Sandra Adler Lent |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Discounting
Praxis Sociology and Political Science Poverty media_common.quotation_subject Exploratory research Self-esteem behavioral disciplines and activities humanities Education Developmental psychology Urban Studies Age and gender School performance Perception Psychology Social psychology Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Children and Poverty. 8:5-22 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9389 1079-6126 |
| Popis: | Studies of children's perceptions have shown that self-esteem is an important factor in their social and school performance and that over time low self-esteem is at the root of much problematic behavior among adolescents. This study focuses on children in poverty, adding a home domain dimension absent in most self-esteem scales and examining gender differences. The study findings show that a process of discounting exists between home and school domains and self-worth gender comparisons show a significant deficit for girls. These results contradict previous research that place the onset of deterioration of girls' self-esteem at an older age. The praxis implications of this exploratory research on the intersection of poverty, age and gender are discussed. |
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