Influences of Economic Capital, Cultural Capital and Social Capital on Asian High School Students’ Academic Achievement

Authors

  • Park Kyung Hee Department of Education, Woosuk University, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
  • Li Shuhan Department of Education, Woosuk University, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2022-0062

Keywords:

economic capital, cultural capital, social capital, learning engagement, academic achievement

Abstract

This study aims to explore the influences of various family capital on the academic achievement of Asian high school students. To this end, we constructed a structural equation model with economic capital, cultural capital, and social capital on academic achievement, and 215 students participated in cluster sampling. The findings confirmed that high school students’ academic achievement was significantly influenced by social capital among the various capital acquired from their families. Moreover, there were significantly different trends according to the economic capital level, and individual efforts to learning engagement could not surpass the family capital in specific groups. Therefore, this study suggested paying attention to alternatives to overcome economic capital in terms of opportunity equality. Moreover, it should be considered that sufficient emotional exchanges within the family, as small network units of society, have diffuse potential influences.

 

Received: 9 March 2022 / Accepted: 17 April 2022 / Published: 5 May 2022

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2022-05-05

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Influences of Economic Capital, Cultural Capital and Social Capital on Asian High School Students’ Academic Achievement. (2022). Journal of Educational and Social Research, 12(3), 1. https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2022-0062