Attributions for underachievement among students experiencing disadvantage and support for public assistance to them
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES(2023)
Abstract
In this study, we investigated people's perceptions about the causes (i.e. attributions) of underachievement among students experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage and their support for public assistance to those students. Results of an online survey conducted with Australian adults (N = 1999) revealed that people preferred societal attributions to individual attributions for underachievement among those students. The respondents' attributions, particularly societal attributions, significantly predicted their support for public assistance to students and schools in need. There were statistically significant differences between people with conservative and progressive political views in their attributions and support for public assistance. However, after taking people's attributions into account, their political views add little to the prediction of their support for public assistance. These findings have implications for the promotion of equity-oriented educational policies.
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Key words
achievement gap, attribution, educational inequality, educational policy, public opinion
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