School Motivation in Secondary Schools: A Survey of LGB and Heterosexual Students in Flanders

Autor/inn/en	Aerts, Saskia; Van Houtte, Mieke; Dewaele, Alexis; Cox, Nele; Vincke, John
Titel	School Motivation in Secondary Schools: A Survey of LGB and Heterosexual Students in Flanders
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 47 (2015) 3, S.412-437 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X12467657
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Motivation; Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation; Social Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Educational Environment; Social Bias; Minority Group Students; Multiple Regression Analysis; Stress Variables; Gender Differences; Online Surveys; Student Experience; Comparative Analysis; Student Characteristics; Hypothesis Testing; Age Differences; Social Discrimination; Bullying; Teacher Behavior; Peer Relationship; Multivariate Analysis; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulische Motivation; Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sekundarschüler; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studienerfahrung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Mobbing; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Multivariate Analyse; Belgien
Abstract	This study focuses on the school motivation of LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) students in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, a fairly LGB-friendly country. The authors hypothesize that LGB students in Flemish secondary schools are less motivated for school than heterosexual students because they experience less sense of school belonging and more discrimination. In addition, the authors investigate minority-specific factors that could influence the school motivation of LGB students. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses are performed on data from 1,745 secondary school students. The impact of minority stressors on the school motivation of LGB students is examined with hierarchical multiple regression analyses on data from 162 LGB students. Both analyses show that lesbian girls are less motivated to perform in school, but sense of belonging, perceived discrimination, and minority stressors do not explain this finding. Alternative explanations for these results and implications for further research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01