Financial scarcity is indirectly associated with dropout through lower institutional trust¶
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q3 i? Higher financial scarcity is associated with lower institutional trust, which in turn predicts a higher probability of dropout (indirect-only mediation). → Finkenauer 2023
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Finkenauer 2023¶
Finkenauer, C., Boer, M., Spitzer, J., Weinberg, D., Visser, K., Jonker, M. & Stevens, G. W. J. M. (2023). Examining the role of civic attitudes in the link between family wealth and school dropout among tertiary vocational students. npj Science of Learning 8:38. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00189-4
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Mediation path model M2c (n = 1,218) in the vocational-student study tested institutional trust and system justification as simultaneous mediators. The indirect effect through institutional trust was significant (Bindirect = 0.083, 95% CI [0.024, 0.156], OR = 1.086); the direct effect of financial scarcity disappeared.
"an indirect only mediation was observed (Zhao, 2010), whereby higher financial scarcity was associated with lower levels of institutional trust, which, in turn, predicted a higher probability of dropout (M2c: Bindirect = 0.083, 95% CI [0.024, 0.156], OR = 1.086)."
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Related Claims¶
- System justification does not mediate the family wealth–dropout association once institutional trust is accounted for — related
- Perceived family wealth shows a small indirect negative effect on dropout via institutional trust, with no total effect — related
- Experienced financial scarcity, but not perceived family wealth, predicts school dropout among tertiary vocational students — related
- The indirect effects of family wealth on dropout via institutional trust are robust to controlling for mental health problems — related
- Trust in teachers neither predicts dropout nor buffers the effect of civic attitudes on dropout — related
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