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

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What did the research find out about parental academic involvement in schooling?

The study found that parental socio-economic status and ethnicity had unique influences on schooling. A significant association was identified between parent’s involvement in schooling and aspirations, but not young people’s achievement. Adolescent development does not occur in isolation but in interconnected systems including the family and school, and demographic background can change how parental academic involvement functions to promote school performance.

The research investigated the influence demographic background had on parental academic involvement, and the findings were as follows:

Higher parental education

adolescents from families with higher levels of parental education experienced fewer behavioural problems (social, attention and aggression), which has been linked to lower achievement and aspiration (but not work or career aspirations).
Lower parental education
parental academic involvement from parents with lower educational levels resulted in increased adolescent educational and career aspirations (the desire to be upwardly mobile) but did not improve behaviour or achievement.

Ethnicity

a direct relationship was identified between parental academic involvement and achievement for African Americans but not for European Americans.

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