Browsing by Author "Madetoja, Laura"

Objectives. Society is divided between social classes in many ways. Regional segregation is increasing because parents' income differences continue to grow and children's education level and future income level are increasingly determined by the parents' background. The task of this thesis was to find out the effect of a young person's socioeconomic status on school well-being, school enthusiasm and school burnout. The aim of the thesis was to ex-amine the socio-economic background of the young person as an explanatory variable. The socio-economic background consisted of the dimensions of financial capital. As a the-oretical framework, the thesis reflected the importance of the student's socioeconomic sta-tus and social capital on school well-being. The effect of socioeconomic status on the stu-dent's experience of school well-being was mirrored through Ecological Systems Theory. The study well-being demands and resources model based on Demerout et al.'s (2001) job demands and resources model (Job demands - resources model JD-R) served as an ex-planatory model of the connection between social capital and school well-being between different levels of ecological systems. Methods. The study used the survey data of the Mind the Gap research project, which was collected in elementary schools in Helsinki in May 2013. 761 students aged 12–13 from 32 elementary schools participated in the study. Of the participants, 55.7% were girls (n=423) and 44.3% were boys (n=337). The survey material was interested in young people's thoughts and experiences, especially regarding schooling, friendships, well-being and in-formation about technology. In this thesis, the material was utilized to the extent that it corresponded to the purpose of the thesis. Participation in the study was completely volun-tary, and the parents of those who participated in the study were asked for written permis-sion for the students' participation. The data was analyzed using linear regression analy-sis. In the analysis of the data, version 2.3 of the Jamovi statistics program was used. Results and conclusions. The results showed that a home that offers a young person a fi-nancially stable starting point creates better personal resources for the student to go to school. The results also showed that even if the family's financial situation is not stable in all respects, but the student himself feels that his own livelihood is comparatively good in relation to others, this is connected to an increasing interest in school and lower school burnout. Thus, a student's financial carelessness predicts a student's better school well-being. The research results follow previous research results. Under the current societal economic pressures, there would be a significant need for further research.