Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v19i3.1075
Perception of Family Financial Status and High School Students’ psychosocial Functioning
Marina Ajduković
orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-9908
; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Linda Rajhvajn Bulat
; Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
The aim of this study is to increase understanding of the connection between perception of family financial status with some psychosocial internalized and externalized problems of high school students. The results for two subsamples of study which included 558 2nd grade students are presented: 70 students who perceive that their family has less or much less money than other families and 69 students who perceive that their family has more or much more money than other families.
The youth who perceive that their family has less financial opportunities have more emotional problems and problems with peers, are less satisfied with their family relationships and are more exposed to psychological abuse by their parents. These two groups of high school students do not differ regarding experienced and committed peer violence, prosocial behaviour, hyperactivity, behaviour problems and experienced physical abuse by their parents. The results are analysed in the context of the youths’ psychological vulnerability regarding poor financial family status.
Keywords
family financial status; the youth; family relationships; externalized problems; internalized problems; family abuse
Hrčak ID:
93489
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Publication date:
6.12.2012.
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