Attitude of school personnel toward pregnant and parenting students and the implications for school policies

• Main Author: Mitchell, Beryl D
• Format: Others
• Published: DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center 1992
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3504; http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5027&context=dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine specific demographic factors which may influence the attitudes of school personnel toward pregnant and parenting students. Further, this study proposed to determine if there was a relationship between school personnel attitudes and the way school personnel felt students were being treated who were pregnant and parenting students. The research design was based on a descriptive method concerned with discovering causal relationships. The research methodology included the use of a questionnaire survey. This survey was sent to a stratified random sample of high schools in an urban school system in the Southeastern United States. Sixty-three surveys were returned completed for analysis. The data were analyzed using Pearson r Correlation Coefficients, Frequency Analysis, and Analysis of Variance to determine if there were any significant relationships between and among the variables. The study concluded that there is a significant relationship between race and the attitudes of school personnel toward pregnant and parenting students. Based on the findings, African Americans tended to have a more favorable attitude toward pregnant and parenting students. Teachers’ translation of school policies appeared to be more favorable toward pregnant and parenting students than their attitudes toward these students.