Predictors and behavioural outcomes of parental involvement among low-income families in elementary schools, United States
   
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Prof. Dr. Şükran UÇUŞ GÜLDALI Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Aileen Garcia
University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Jan Esteraich
University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Helen Raikes
University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Early Child Development and Care (Q4)
Dergi ISSN 0300-4430 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 07-2019
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 189 / 9 / 1425–1443 DOI 10.1080/03004430.2017.1385609
Makale Linki https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03004430.2017.1385609
Özet
Parental involvement (PI) in their children’s schools has been shown to have a positive influence on the children’s behaviours and academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of PI and relations of PI in schools to child externalizing and internalizing behaviours. Data were from the fifth-grade wave of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, with 1354 fifth grade low-income children and parents. Results revealed that family conflict predicted child internalizing and externalizing and negatively predicted PI in schools. However, PI in schools partially reduced the negative effect of family conflict on both internalizing and externalizing. Parental warmth negatively predicted child externalizing behaviours, and positively predicted PI in school. Additionally, PI in schools further enhanced the positive effect of parental warmth in reducing externalizing behaviours. The study highlights home and parent characteristics that relate to low-income fifth-grade parents’ involvement in their child’s education and demonstrates the mediating role of PI in reducing behavioural problems of low-income children.
Anahtar Kelimeler
children’s behaviours | elementary education | low-income families | Parental involvement