Promoting academic resilience in DEIS schools

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic data (N = 405).

Variable					Response Options
Gender Identified With		Female		Male		Non-binary/ third gender		Prefer not to say
No.		244		151		7		3
Percentage		60.2%		37.3%		1.7%		0.7%
Ethnicity	Asian or Asian Irish		Black or Black Irish		White		Other, mixed group/ background		Prefer not to say
No.	28		63		297		8		9
Percentage	6.9%		15.6%		73.3%		2.0%		2.2%
English Spoken at Home		Yes, all the time		Most of the time		Rarely		No, not at all
No.		313		62		15		15
Percentage		77.3%		15.3%		3.7%		3.7%
Completed Transition Year?			Yes				No
No.			259				146
Percentage			64%				36%

Table 2. Educational and Occupational Aspirations (N = 395).

Option	Apprenticeship		Unskilled Employment		Further Education		Higher Education
Frequency	56		78		56		345
Percentage	14.17%		19.75%		14.17%		87.35%
Gender	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Frequency	33	23	31	47	20	36	125	220
Percentage	8.35%	5.82%	7.85%	11.90%	5.06%	9.11%	31.65%	55.70%

Table 3. Factors Influencing Consideration to Leave School (N = 94).

Reason	No.	Percentage
Stress/ mental health	26	27.7%
Don’t like school	11	11.7%
Need to make money now	10	10.6%
Find school too hard	8	8.5%
To do an apprenticeship	6	6.4%
No motivation	4	4.3%
Don't need Leaving cert for career choice	4	4.3%
Felt too much pressure to do well	3	3.2%
Bullying	3	3.2%
Negative teacher beliefs	2	2.1%
Language barrier	1	1.0%
Family issues	1	1.1%
Travel	1	1.0%
Preferred not to say	14	14.9%

Table 4. Self-Efficacy Scores (N = 397).

Scale	Cronbach α	Mean	Std. Deviation	Category
Overall self-efficacy score	.804	74.4872	15.06306	Low self-efficacy
Personal ability score	.953	68.5690	16.45946	Low self-efficacy
Ability grows with effort score	.953	80.4030	16.49039	Average self-efficacy

Figure 1. Self-efficacy scores and gender (N = 388).

Table 5. Sense of belonging questionnaire.

Sense of Belonging Questionnaire	Mean (Mid-point = 2.5)	Std. Deviation
Q1. I feel like an important part of my school	2.09	.952
Q2 Teachers here notice when I am good at something	2.57	.874
Q3 It is hard for me to fit in at this school	1.71	.883
Q4 Other students take my opinion seriously	2.31	.812
Q5. Most teachers are interested in my progress	2.49	.871
Q6. Sometimes I feel as if I don’t belong here	1.86	.981
Q7. There is at least one teacher or other adult in this school that I can talk to if I have a problem	2.73	1.184
Q8. People at this school are friendly to me	3.06	.789
Q9. I am treated with as much respect as other students	3.06	.917
Q10. I feel very different from most students here	1.98	.974
Q11. The teachers here respect me	3.02	.899
Q12. I feel proud to be a student in this school	2.59	.983

Table 6. Descriptive Statistics for Sense of Belonging Scale (N  = 391).

Scale	Cronbach α	Mean	Std. Deviation	Category
Overall Sense of Belonging	0.754	28.45	7.541	Above average
Sense of Belonging	0.765	18.55	4.67	Above average
Feeling Different	0.815	8.61	2.17	Below average
Respect from Peers	0.789	8.42	1.89	Above average

Table 7. Gender differences on dimensions of school belonging.

	Male		Female		t value	Significance
	Mean	Std. Deviation	Mean	Std. Deviation
Overall Sense of Belonging	27.62	8.643	29.02	6.606	−1.807	0.072
General Sense of Belonging	18.58	4.54	18.57	4.78	.028	0.978
Feeling Different	8.49	2.11	8.61	2.17	−.525	0.600
Respect from Peers	8.32	1.78	8.48	1.96	−.774	0.439

Table 8. Differences between groups according to consideration of early school-leaving.

	Yes		No		t value	Significance
	Mean	Std. Deviation	Mean	Std. Deviation
General Sense of Belonging	16.36	4.28	19.20	4.58	5.242	0.001
Feeling Different	9.22	2.41	8.43	2.06	389	0.002
Respect from peers	7.91	1.89	8.57	1.86	389	0.003

Table 9. Correlations between dimension scores on self-efficacy and sense of school belonging scales.

		Overall self-efficacy score	Personal ability score (Self-efficacy)	Ability grows with effort score (Self-efficacy)
Overall Sense of Belonging Score	Pearson Correlation	.322**	.268**	.321**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	.000	.000	.000
	N	397	397	397
General Sense of Belonging (Sense of Belonging Scale)	Pearson Correlation	.438**	.390**	.412**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	.000	.000	.000
	N	391	391	391
Feeling Different (sense of belonging)	Pearson Correlation	−.053	−.090	−.007
	Sig. (2-tailed)	.298	.076	.891
	N	391	391	391
Respect from Peers	Pearson Correlation	.323**	.302**	.289**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	.000	.000	.000
	N	391	391	391