TY - JOUR
T1 - Academic Performance according to School Coexistence Indices in Students from Public Schools in the South of Chile
AU - Diaz-Vargas, Caterin
AU - Tapia-Figueroa, Andrea
AU - Valdebenito-Villalobos, Jacqueline
AU - Gutiérrez-Echavarria, María Aurora
AU - Acuña-Zuñiga, Carmen Claudia
AU - Parra, Jeanette
AU - Arias, Ana María
AU - Castro-Durán, Lilian
AU - Chávez-Castillo, Yasna
AU - Cristi-Montero, Carlos
AU - Zapata-Lamana, Rafael
AU - Parra-Rizo, María Antonia
AU - Cigarroa, Igor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - School coexistence is a fundamental aspect for good academic performance. The objective of the study was to identify school coexistence indices, and to analyze differences in academic performance according to these indices in students from public schools in the province of Biobío, Chile. This cross-sectional study involved 730 children (53.8% boys; 12 ± 1.2 years). School coexistence indices as a quality of interpersonal relationships between school bodies, the perception of violence and aggressiveness from a gender perspective, and the perception of levels of safety and unsafety in different school areas as well as academic performance through accumulated final grades (AFG) and grade point averages (GPA) were measured. A total of 40.9% and 41.3% of schoolchildren agreed or strongly agreed that stronger students are violent toward weaker students and boys are violent toward one another, respectively. The school areas most classified as unsafe or very unsafe were the restrooms (20.4%), followed by the playgrounds (10%), and the gym and fields (9.5%). Schoolchildren who classified the relationships within the school bodies as bad, or very bad, presented significantly lower AFG in subjects such as math, language (Spanish), and physical education and health as well as GPA. In the same line, those who perceived greater violence and aggressiveness among peers and higher insecurity in different school areas presented significantly poorer academic performance. In conclusion, students perceived violence and aggressiveness among themselves, and the school areas perceived as unsafe were identified. Furthermore, students who perceived poorer school coexistence indices presented a weaker academic performance.
AB - School coexistence is a fundamental aspect for good academic performance. The objective of the study was to identify school coexistence indices, and to analyze differences in academic performance according to these indices in students from public schools in the province of Biobío, Chile. This cross-sectional study involved 730 children (53.8% boys; 12 ± 1.2 years). School coexistence indices as a quality of interpersonal relationships between school bodies, the perception of violence and aggressiveness from a gender perspective, and the perception of levels of safety and unsafety in different school areas as well as academic performance through accumulated final grades (AFG) and grade point averages (GPA) were measured. A total of 40.9% and 41.3% of schoolchildren agreed or strongly agreed that stronger students are violent toward weaker students and boys are violent toward one another, respectively. The school areas most classified as unsafe or very unsafe were the restrooms (20.4%), followed by the playgrounds (10%), and the gym and fields (9.5%). Schoolchildren who classified the relationships within the school bodies as bad, or very bad, presented significantly lower AFG in subjects such as math, language (Spanish), and physical education and health as well as GPA. In the same line, those who perceived greater violence and aggressiveness among peers and higher insecurity in different school areas presented significantly poorer academic performance. In conclusion, students perceived violence and aggressiveness among themselves, and the school areas perceived as unsafe were identified. Furthermore, students who perceived poorer school coexistence indices presented a weaker academic performance.
KW - Chile
KW - academic performance
KW - accumulated final grades
KW - grade point average
KW - interpersonal relationships
KW - school coexistence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148901416&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/bs13020154
DO - 10.3390/bs13020154
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148901416
SN - 2076-328X
VL - 13
JO - Behavioral Sciences
JF - Behavioral Sciences
IS - 2
M1 - 154
ER -