Effects of risk factors on Belizean adolescents’ academic behaviors and grit after prolonged absence during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorVairez, Mathias
dc.contributor.authorGomez, Frank
dc.contributor.authorGentle-Genitty, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorQuiroz, Janeen
dc.contributor.authorManzanero, Olga
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-18T16:49:04Z
dc.date.available2024-06-18T16:49:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis causal-comparative study explored the effects of risk factors—family status, parental marital status, family income, and parent education level—on Belizean adolescents’ academic behaviors and grit (passion and perseverance in goal achievement) following prolonged absence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected online using a demographic survey, the Grit-S Scale (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009), coupled with eight additional items to measure academic behaviors (attendance, preparedness, attention, note-taking, participation, organization, use of out-of-school time, and homework completion and submission) for success (Farrington et al., 2012) from secondary and tertiary students in Belize. With rare exception, Belizean education took place in person before the pandemic. This changed to remote teaching and learning during the pandemic. Findings showed that adolescents from the defined risk factor of single-parent households experienced greater declines across all eight academic behaviors. Additionally, this effect was more pronounced for adolescents who experienced the loss of a parent from divorce or death of a parent. For grit, there were two key outcomes: (a) adolescents from nuclear and higher income families had slightly higher levels of grit; and (b) adolescents from parents with lower educational attainment had significantly higher levels of grit than their peers. Based on these findings, recommendations include more study of schools that invest in becoming trauma responsive when evaluating engagement and performance during prolonged absences. Future research should assess adolescents’ level of academic behaviors, grit, and other noncognitive factors.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/56881
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectBelize
dc.subjectacademic behaviors
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.titleEffects of risk factors on Belizean adolescents’ academic behaviors and grit after prolonged absence during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeThesis

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