Parent academic involvement as related to school behaviour, achievement, and aspirations: Demographic variations across adolescence

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How did the researchers explain their findings?

The researchers suggested the following reasons for their results:

parental involvement in schooling often declines during adolescence, as involvement can lead to conflict with the adolescent’s need for autonomy, independence and detachment from family;
Higher parental socio-economic status
young people are indirectly influenced by parental academic achievement and occupation, this may result in them modelling the positive achievements of their parents.
Lower parental socio-economic status
again young people may model their parent’s lower socio-economic status in both education and occupation;
parents with lower socio-economic status may not become involved in their children’s schooling in ways that enhance or change school behaviour or performance, but their involvement may communicate their expectations for their adolescents’ future success and upward mobility; and
parents with lower educational levels may not be comfortable or capable of assisting their children with school work, this results in a lack of guidance, support and involvement from parents into their children’s schooling.
Ethnicity
perceived or actual discrimination has resulted in African American parents distrusting schools and monitoring rather than collaborating with them; and
for European American families there may be many factors that influence achievement, and parental academic involvement may be less influential as a unique factor.

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