Predictors of educational aspirations of Roma mothers in Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal

OBROVSKÁ, Jana, Cecília AGUIAR, Carla Sofia SILVA and Konstantinos PETROGIANNIS. Predictors of educational aspirations of Roma mothers in Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION. NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER, 2023, vol. 26, No 4, p. 1063-1088. ISSN 1381-2890. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09780-4.

Basic information

• Original name: Predictors of educational aspirations of Roma mothers in Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal
• Name in Czech: Prediktory vzdělávacích aspirací romských matek v České republice, Řecku a Portugalsku
• Authors: OBROVSKÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Cecília AGUIAR (620 Portugal), Carla Sofia SILVA (620 Portugal) and Konstantinos PETROGIANNIS (300 Greece).
• Edition: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION, NETHERLANDS, SPRINGER, 2023, 1381-2890.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.900 in 2022
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14410/23:00130564
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09780-4
• UT WoS: 000983373700001
• Keywords (in Czech): vzdělávací aspirace; Romské matky; interakce s neromskými rodiči; vztahy mezi rodiči a učiteli; materiální deprivace
• Keywords in English: Educational aspirations; Roma mothers; Interactions with non-Roma parents; Parent-teacher relationships; Material deprivation
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Roma communities are a disadvantaged minority in Europe which is particularly underrepresented in social and educational research. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of Roma mothers’ educational aspirations for their children in the Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal. Participants included 461 mothers with a Roma background (135 from the Czech Republic, 130 from Greece, and 196 from Portugal), with a child between 3 to 6 (n = 181) or 9 to 12 (n = 280) years old. Data were based on mothers’ reports, obtained during a structured in-person interview. Material deprivation (microsystem level), frequency and quality of interactions with non-Roma parents, as well as the quality of parent-teacher interactions (mesosystem level), predicted Roma mothers’ educational aspirations. Findings suggest that, in addition to microsystemic variables such as material deprivation, mesosystemic predictors such as those examining contact with non-Roma parents may play an important role in shaping Roma mothers’ educational aspirations and need to be further examined.

Links

• LX22NPO5101, research and development project: Name: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik (Acronym: SYRI)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 5.1 EXCELES

• 727069, interní kód MU: Name: ISOTIS - Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society (Acronym: ISOTIS)

Investor: European Union, ISOTIS - Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society, Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (Societal Challenges)