The Influence of Mental Health, Psychosocial Factors, and Educational Skills on the Educational Aspirations of Indigenous Sámi and Non-Indigenous Adolescents in the Arctic

Variables	Higher¹	Educational Aspirations	Lower¹
Variables	Higher¹	Intermediate¹OR; 95% CI	Lower¹
Male gender	1.15(0.97-1.36)^p=0.10	1.57(1.31-1-89)^p=0.001	0.66(0.57-0.77)^p=0.001
Sámi ethnicity	1.14(0.87-1.50)^p=0.36	1.40(1.03-1.91)^p=0.03	1.42(1.09-1.86)^p=0.01
Laestadian affiliation	1.75(1.19-2.55)^p=0.01	1.17(0.81-1.69)^p=0.39	1.00(0.73-1.35)^p=0.97
Nordland county²	1.36(1.05-1.76)^p=0.02	1.49(1.12-1.97)^p=0.01	1.18(0.93-1.48)^p=0.17
Troms county²	1.32(1.00-1.73)^p=0.05	1.46(1.09-1.97)^p=0.01	0.97(0.76-1.24)^p=0.80
Parental SES*³ Higher adm. position	1.94(1.36-2.77)^p=0.001	1.09(0.76-1.56)^p=0.64	0.45(0.33-0.62)^p=0.001
Parental SES*³ Medium adm. position	2.23(1.62-3.05) ^p=0.001	1.27(0.93-1.73)^p=0.13	0.57(0.44-0.74)^p=0.001
Parental SES*³ Lower adm. position	1.19(0.84-1.68)^p=0.33	1.04(0.74-1.45)^p=0.83	0.96(0.74-1.26)^p=0.78
Parental SES*³ Primary industry	0.83(0.46-1.48)^p=0.52	1.01(0.60-1.71)^p=0.98	0.91(0.59-1.39)^p=0.66
Mental health factors:
SDQ**-emotions	0.96(0.92-1.00)^p=0.029	1.04(1.00-1.08)^p=0.075	0.99(0.95-1.02)^p=0.40
SDQ**-hyperactivity	0.82(0.79-0.85)^p=0.001	0.92(0.88-0.96)^p=0.001	1.09(1.05-1.13)^p=0.001
SDQ**-conduct	0.89(0.84-0.95)^p=0.001	0.90(0.85-0.96)^p=0.001	1.13(1.07-1.18)^p=0.001
Psychosocial factors:
Peer support	0.93(0.89-0.97)^p=0.001	0.91(0.87-0.96)^p=0.001	1.00(0.96-1.03)^p=0.84
Parental support	0.97(0.94-1.00)^p=0.07	0.97(0.94-1.00)^p=0.08	1.03(1.01-1.06)^p=0.02
Parental involvement	0.97(0.93-1.01)^p=0.11	0.95(0.91-0.99)^p=0.008	1.07(1.03-1.11)^p=0.001
Class affiliation	0.92(0.89-0.95)^p=0.001	0.96(0.93-1.00)^p=0.03	1.02(0.99-1.05)^p=0.11
Teacher affiliation	0.94(0.91-0.97)^p=0.001	0.97(0.94-1.00)^p=0.05	1.04(1.01-1.06)^p=0.01
Educational skills:
Average mark	3.30(2.87-3.80)^p=0.001	1.42(1.24-1.62)^p=0.001	0.39(0.35-0.44)^p=0.001
School-related stress	0.91(0.87-0.95)^p=0.001	0.98(0.93-1.02)^p=0.30	1.06(1.02-1.11)^p=0.002

Demographic Characteristics for Educational Aspirations by Gender, Ethnicity, Religious Group Membership in Laestadianism, Residency and Socioeconomic Status

Variables (%)			Educational Aspirations
Variables (%)	n	Higher n=1078	Intermediate n=857	Lower n=1497	Undecided n=1114
Gender (%):
Female	2413	24.5	22.2	25.5	23.7
Male	2388	20.4	13.5	36.9	22.7
X2 p		11.58 p=0.001	61.77 p=0.001	73.30 p=0.001	0.69 p=0.41
Ethnicity (%):
Sámi	450	24.5	15.9	26.6	28.0
Non-Sámi	3999	22.8	18.1	30.9	22.8
X2 p		0.71 p=0.40	1.35 p=0.25	3.44p=0.06	5.90 p=0.02
Religious group membership in Laestadianism (%):
Laestadian affiliation	304	14.8	17.2	35.0	25.9
Non-Laestadian affiliation	4577	23.0	17.9	30.9	23.0
X2 p		10.61 p=0.001	0.10 p=0.75	2.17 p=0.14	1.32 p=0.25
Residency (%):
Nordland	2657	22.3	17.9	32.1	22.0
Troms	1587	23.5	19.0	28.6	23.8
Finnmark	637	20.3	14.8	33.6	27.0
X2 p		2.73 p=0.26	5.40 p=0.07	7.43 p=0.02	7.58 p=0.02
SES*-father (%):
Higher adm. position	499	27.5	19.5	20.3	26.5
Mediate adm. position	1092	33.9	19.7	18.7	23.8
Lower adm. position	450	18.3	18.3	35.3	21.5
Primary industry	385	11.5	17.6	41.5	22.3
Blue-collar worker	1240	16.4	17.2	38.7	22.7
X2 p		142.77 p=0.001	3.01 p=0.56	161.63 p=0.001	4.26 p=0.37
SES*-mother (%):
Higher adm. position	173	32.4	17.3	21.4	23.1
Mediate adm. position	1410	31.2	20.0	20.8	23.4
Lower adm. position	1420	18.5	17.5	34.3	23.5
Primary industry	79	12.7	21.5	39.2	22.8
Blue-collar worker	454	14.1	17.2	44.0	20.1
X2 p		101.15 p=0.001	4.27 p=0.37	120.65 p=0.001	2.47 p=0.65

Fully Adjusted Blockwise Logistic Regression by Educational Aspirations

Variables	Higher¹	Educational Aspirations	Lower¹
Variables	Higher¹	Intermediate¹OR	Lower¹
Male gender	0.81(0.64-1.02) ^p=0.071	1.14(0.89-1.46)^p=0.295	0.63(0.50-0.79)^p=0.001
Sámi ethnicity	0.78(0.54-1.11) ^p=0.167	1.14(0.77-1.68)^p=0.527	1.50(1.03-2.17)^p=0.033
Laestadian affiliation	1.47(0.72-3.01) ^p=0.296	0.99(0.50-1.95)^p=0.969	0.95(0.52-1.71)^p=0.858
Nordland county ²	1.57(1.12-2.18)^p=0.008	1.41(1.00-1.99)^p=0.052	0.99(0.73-1.35)^p=0.958
Troms county²	1.37(0.97-1.93)^p=0.070	1.23(0.86-1.76)^p=0.259	0.78(0.56-1.08)^p=0.130
Parental SES*³ Higher adm. Position	1.19(0.79-1.78)^p=0.411	0.92(0.61-1.38)^p=0.679	0.60(0.41-0.87)^p=0.007
Parental SES*³ Medium adm. Position	1.33(0.93-1.92)^p=0.120	1.20(0.84-1.70)^p=0.315	0.71(0.52-0.97)^p=0.029
Parental SES*³ Lower adm. Position	1.06(0.71-1.56)^p=0.789	1.06(0.73-1.54)^p=0.773	1.07(0.78-1.48)^p=0.664
Parental SES*³ primary industry	0.98(0.50-1.92)^p=0.950	1.04(0.54-2.00)^p=0.919	1.30(0.75-2.25)^p=0.344
SDQ**-emotions	1.03(0.97-1.09)^p=0.29	1.09(1.03-1.15) ^p=0.004	1.03(0.97-1.09) ^p=0.332
SDQ**-hyperactivity	0.88(0.83-0.94)^p=0.001	0.96(0.90-1.02)^p=0.199	1.01(0.95-1.07) ^p=0.752
SDQ**-conduct	1.02(0.94-1.11)^p=0.678	0.95(0.87-1.04)^p=0.258	1.02(0.94-1.10)^p=0.701
Peer support	0.93(0.87-0.99)^p=0.016	0.95(0.90-1.01)^p=0.131	0.94(0.89-0.99)^p=0.026
Parental support	1.02(0.98-1.07)^p=0.383	0.99(0.94-1.04)^p=0.654	0.99(0.94-1.03)^p=0.523
Parental involvement	1.07(1.01-1.14)^p=0.014	1.00(0.94-1.06)^p=0.978	1.06(1.01-1.12)^p=0.021
Class affiliation	0.96(0.91-1.00)^p=0.072	0.98(0.93-1.03)^p=0.412	0.99(0.95-1.04)^p=0.675
Teacher affiliation	0.99(0.95-1.04)^p=0.691	1.00(0.96-1.05)^p=0.937	1.01(0.97-1.06)^p=0.526
Average mark	2.98(2.50-3.56)^p=0.001	1.21(1.02-1.43)^p=0.027	0.40(0.34-0.47)^p=0.001
School-related stress	1.06(0.99-1.13)^p=0.084	1.00(0.93-1.07)^p=0.984	0.99(0.93-1.06)^p=0.821

One-way ANOVA of Mental Health and Psychosocial Health Factors and Educational Skills by Educational Aspirations

Variables	n		Educational Aspirations			F^p
Variables	n	Higher n=1078 M (SD)	Intermediate n=857 M (SD)	Lower n=1497 M (SD)	Undecided n=1114 M (SD)	F^p
Psychosocial factors Note. * For all variables, lower scores indicate better outcomes, except for average mark, for which higher scores mean better marks
Peer support (4-16)	4486	5.46 (1.98)	5.40 (1.80)	5.73 (2.05)	5.75 (2.05)	8.87^p=0.001
Parental support (5-20)	4477	6.97 (2.66)	6.96 (2.72)	7.45 (2.88)	7.18 (2.86)	8.22^p=0.001
Parental involvement (4-16)	4488	6.24 (2.13)	6.13 (2.05)	6.74 (2.40)	6.39 (2.19)	17.34 ^p=0.001
Class affiliation (0-12)	4487	3.01 (2.50)	3.31 (2.46)	3.74 (2.72)	3.57 (2.67)	18.05 ^p=0.001
Teacher affiliation (0-12)	4475	3.93 (2.74)	4.19 (2.69)	4.72 (2.97)	4.44 (2.77)	17.28 ^p=0.001
Mental health factors Note. * For all variables, lower scores indicate better outcomes, except for average mark, for which higher scores mean better marks
SDQ**-emotions (0-10)	4511	2.40 (2.15)	2.79 (2.20)	2.50 (2.21)	2.61 (2.23)	5.49 ^p=0.001
SDQ**-hyper (0-10)	4513	3.42 (2.11)	3.90 (2.09)	4.63 (2.05)	4.26 (2.06)	76.53 ^p=0.001
SDQ**-conduct (0-10)	4511	1.85 (1.42)	1.85 (1.34)	2.37 (1.62)	2.08 (1.49)	34.96 ^p=0.001
Educational skills Note. * For all variables, lower scores indicate better outcomes, except for average mark, for which higher scores mean better marks
Average mark (1-6)	4203	4.48 (0.65)	4.11 (0.65)	3.44 (0.71)	3.93 (0.78)	446.80 ^p=0.001
School-related stress (4-12)	4517	6.89 (1.90)	7.13 (1.91)	7.47 (2.00)	7.22 (1.95)	18.79 ^p=0.001

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The Influence of Mental Health, Psychosocial Factors, and Educational Skills on the Educational Aspirations of Indigenous Sámi and Non-Indigenous Adolescents in the Arctic

Article Category: research-article

Data publikacji: 30 lis 2014

Zakres stron: 169 - 179

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2015-017

Słowa kluczoweEducational aspirations, adolescence, mental health, Sámi, indigenous, religion

© 2015 Elisabeth Valmyr Bania et al., published by Sciendo

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Unadjusted Logistic Regression Analysis of Educational Aspirations

Demographic Characteristics for Educational Aspirations by Gender, Ethnicity, Religious Group Membership in Laestadianism, Residency and Socioeconomic Status

Fully Adjusted Blockwise Logistic Regression by Educational Aspirations

One-way ANOVA of Mental Health and Psychosocial Health Factors and Educational Skills by Educational Aspirations

Słowa kluczowe
Educational aspirations, adolescence, mental health, Sámi, indigenous, religion