How Socioeconomic Status Differences Observable in Students' Delay of Gratification Evolved Over the Period of COVID-19-induced Online Education

Authors

  • Tamás Keller
    Affiliation
    HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Computational Social Science – Research Center for Educational and Network Studies, Tóth Kálmán u. 4., H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
    HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, Tóth Kálmán u. 4., H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
  • Hubert János Kiss
    Affiliation
    HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, Tóth Kálmán u. 4., H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
    Department of Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8., H-1093 Budapest, Hungary
https://doi.org/10.3311/PPso.21893

Abstract

We show the evolution of the delay of gratification (DG) in 950 students aged 10–14 during coronavirus-induced home-based online education, by analysing data from two waves of voluntary online surveys. Students in the highest SES category experienced an absolute increase in DG, whereas those in the lowest SES category suffered a decrease, resulting in a widening SES gap between the groups over a relatively short 30-day period.

Keywords:

delay of gratification, socioeconomic status, COVID-19 pandemic, primary school students, online education

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Published Online

2025-02-21

How to Cite

Keller, T., Kiss, H. J. (2025) “How Socioeconomic Status Differences Observable in Students’ Delay of Gratification Evolved Over the Period of COVID-19-induced Online Education”, Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPso.21893

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