This study investigates the contribution of personality traits (HEXACO traits and Schizotypy) and social status dimensions (sociometric and perceived popularity) in understanding boys' and girls' respective academic achievement. The sample included 163 elementary school students from Serbia, aged 14-15 (87 girls and 76 boys). Regression analysis reveals that personality traits explain a similar amount of academic achievement variance in two gender groups (22% vs. 20% in girls' favor), but social status proves to be a better predictor of academic achievement for boys (27% vs. 4% in boys' favor).High Conscientiousness, perceived popularity as well as low extraversion turned out to be related to girls' academic achievement. Low Schizotypy and Honesty-Humility, as well as high openness, sociometric, and perceived popularity turned out to be related to boys' academic achievement. Conscientiousness appears not to be related to boys' academic achievement. The results are discussed and recommendations for improving educational practices are offered.
Izučavanje faktora koji su povezani sa akademskim postignućem važna je istraživačka tema u društvu čiji se obrazovni sistem nalazi u evidentnoj krizi. Pri tome, socijalni status i nasilno ponašanje učenika zauzimaju posebno važno mesto jer omogućavaju uvid u specifična ponašanja i dinamiku odnosa u jednoj mikrosredini kao što je odeljenjska zajednica. Ovo istraživanje ima za cilj da doprinese razumevanju odnosa tri varijable od izuzetnog značaja u školskom kontekstu: akademskog postignuća, socijalnog statusa učenika i nasilnog ponašanja. Uzorku od 174 učenika osmog razreda iz četiri osnovne škole (52% devojčica; 52% učenika iz velikog grada) apliciran je upitnik namenjen ispitivanju vršnjačke procene sociometrijske i opažene popularnosti, kao i nasilnog ponašanja -fizičkog, verbalnog i relacionog. Akademsko postignuće je operacionalizovano kroz prosek ocena na kraju sedmog razreda. Obrada podataka bazirana je na hijerarhijskoj regresionoj analizi, sa akademskim postignućem kao kriterijumskom varijablom. Rezultati su pokazali da se ispitivanim varijablama objašnjava oko 27% varijanse akademskog postignuća, pri čemu najsnažnije efekte ostvaruju sociometrijska prihvaćenost (β = .12, p < .05), sociometrijska odbačenost (β = -.22, p < .01), opažena nepopularnost (β = -.15, p < .05), i fizičko nasilje (β = -.30, p < .01). Rezultati istraživanja implikativni su za unapređenje školske prakse.
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