18 research outputs found
Motives of cheating among secondary students: The role of self-efficacy and peer influence
A survey research study was conducted with a
sample of 100 secondary students from a local secondary
school about the motives of cheating. The primary focus of
this study was the interplay among variables of self-efficacy,
peer influence and cheating. The results showed that
students with low self-efficacy were more likely to cheat
than those who perceived themselves as efficacious. It was
further found that peers played a significant role in discouraging
cheating by expressing disapproval and
informing teachers of dishonest behaviour
Grandchild Care, Intergenerational Transfers, and Grandparents’ Labor Supply
Published in Review of Economics of the Household https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-013-9221-x</p
Trends in the prevalence of grandparents living with grandchild(ren) in selected European countries and the United States
Research from the United States has shown significant increases in the prevalence of three-generation households and in
households consisting solely of grandparents and grandchildren. Such shifts in household composition, which are associated
with socio-economic disadvantage, may reflect the activation of grandparents as a latent network of support in response to
social and demographic changes such as rising partnership disruption. However, to date, little is known in Europe about
trends in grandparent households or whether these households are also likely to be disadvantaged. Moreover, we know
little about how the familistic and defamilised policy environments in Europe may affect the activation of such latent kin
networks. Employing the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series—International and the Office for National Statistics’
Longitudinal Study for England and Wales, we used multivariate techniques to investigate changes in prevalence over time
in co-residence with a grandchild across Austria, England and Wales, France, Greece, Portugal, Romania, and the United
States. We expected increases in grandparent households in Portugal and Greece, familistic societies with few public alternatives
to family support. However, only Romania (like the US) showed an increase in the percentage of people aged 40
and over co-residing with their grandchildren in three-generation households between the late 1970s and 2002. Given rises
in poverty and limited support for low-income families in Romania, rises in grandparent coresidence may reflect a coping
strategy among poorer families to increasing financial hardship. Regardless of the trends, grandparent households in all the
countries studied remained associated with socio-economic disadvantag