Cross-national trends in perceived school pressure by gender and age from 1994 to 2010

  • Background: Pressure within school can be a critical component in understanding how the school experience influences young people’s intellectual development, physical and mental health and future educational decisions. Methods: Data from five survey rounds (1993/1994, 1997/1998, 2001/2002, 2005/2006 and 2009/2010) were used to examine time-, age- and gender-related trends in the amounts of reported school pressure among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, in five different regions (North America, Great Britain, Eastern Europe, Nordic and Germanic countries). Results: Across the regions the reported perceptions of school pressure did not change between 1994 and 2010, despite a temporary increase in 2002 and 2006. With the exception of children at 11 years of age, girls reported higher levels of school pressure than boys (Cohen’s d from 0.12 to 0.58) and school pressure was higher in older age groups. These findings were consistent across countries. Regionally, children in North America reported the highest levels of school pressure, andBackground: Pressure within school can be a critical component in understanding how the school experience influences young people’s intellectual development, physical and mental health and future educational decisions. Methods: Data from five survey rounds (1993/1994, 1997/1998, 2001/2002, 2005/2006 and 2009/2010) were used to examine time-, age- and gender-related trends in the amounts of reported school pressure among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, in five different regions (North America, Great Britain, Eastern Europe, Nordic and Germanic countries). Results: Across the regions the reported perceptions of school pressure did not change between 1994 and 2010, despite a temporary increase in 2002 and 2006. With the exception of children at 11 years of age, girls reported higher levels of school pressure than boys (Cohen’s d from 0.12 to 0.58) and school pressure was higher in older age groups. These findings were consistent across countries. Regionally, children in North America reported the highest levels of school pressure, and students in the Germanic countries the lowest. Conclusion: Factors associated with child development and differences in societal expectations and structures, along with the possible, albeit, differential impact of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), may partially explain the differences and trends found in school pressure. School pressure increases alongside the onset of adolescence and the shift from elementary school to the higher demanding expectations of secondary education. Time-related increases in school pressure occurred in the years following the release of the PISA results, and were larger in those regions in which results were less positive.show moreshow less

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Author: Don A. Klinger, John G. Freeman, Ludwig BilzORCiD, Krystine Liiv, Daniela Ramelow, Stefanie S. Sebok, Oddrun Samdal, Wolfgang Dür, Mette Rassmussen
URL:http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/suppl_2/51
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv027
ISSN:1464-360X
ISSN:1101-1262
Title of the source (English):European Journal of Public Health
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:2015
Volume/Year:25
Issue number:Suppl 2
First Page:51
Last Page:56
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 4 Humanwissenschaften (bis 2023 Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Musik) / FG Pädagogische Psychologie in Gesundheitsberufen
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