Abstract
In order to understand the relationships among caregiver-child attachment, school attitude and perceived teacher acceptance and their potential predictive influences on middle-childhood children’s academic performance in Southwest China, an experiment was carried out in two elementary schools in Bazhong City and Nanxi City, Sichuan province, China. A total of four hundred and thirty four children (224 males and 209 females) completed the questionnaires, which assessed their security with the main-caregivers, attitudes towards the schools and the perceived teacher acceptance. The 2013-2014 fall semester final exam reports were obtained, to indicate children’s academic performance. The data were analyzed by SPSS with the Pearson’s correlation test, linear regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that caregiver-child attachment could not predict children’s school attitude, teacher acceptance or academic performance. There was a significant correlation between school attitude and teacher acceptance. In addition, all these variables plus sex worked together to predict children’s academic performance. Researches in this area can be conducted in more cities with cultural-oriented questionnaires and the consideration of local characteristics, such as the multi-caregiver system, and the exam-centered educational training.
Advisor
Thelamour, Barbara
Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Deng, Kuo, "Influence of Main Caregiver-Child Attachment, Perceived Teacher Acceptance, and School Attitude on the Academic Performance of Middle-Childhood Children in Southwest China" (2015). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 6779.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/6779
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Date
2015
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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