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The Role of Parental Support and Parental Educational Aspirations in Academic Achievement among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents

Alibekova, Venera Ikramovna
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1605092110778166

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2020, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Cross-Cultural, International Education.
This study examines the effect of perceived parental academic support and perceived parental educational aspirations on the academic achievement (mathematics, reading, & GPA) of White, African American, Hispanic, and Multi-racial adolescent students (7, 8, and 10th graders) in a public school district in Northwest Ohio, USA. As part of a larger four-year longitudinal research project known as the Adolescent Academic Context Study (AACS), this research conducted cross-sectional mixed-methods analysis. An embedded correlational mixed-methods design was used where qualitative data (n = 53) complements the primary quantitative data (N = 754) analysis. The qualitative component is embedded within a correlational design to explain the predictive relationships found in regression analysis. Unlike most studies in this research area that investigate parental involvement as a combination of paternal and maternal influence, this study explored mothers’ and fathers’ support and aspirations individual effect on adolescents’ academic functioning. Furthermore, this study also examined whether race/ethnicity moderated those relationships. Quantitative analysis revealed that both paternal and maternal aspirations influence adolescent student’s achievement; however, it appeared that father aspirations in particular demonstrated more consistent and stronger association with all three measures of achievement and was the only family variable that demonstrated significance for ethnic minoritized students. Mother aspirations was positively associated with math achievement for White youth but not for ethnic minoritized youth. Mother support was positively related to GPA for White students, demonstrating no significant relationship for ethnic minoritized participants. Moreover, mother support was weakly negatively associated with math and reading scores among ethnic minoritized youth. Finally, father support did not demonstrate any significant effect for the total sample; however, similar to mother support, it was weakly negatively related to reading scores among ethnic minoritized students. The qualitative results helped to explain surprising findings pertaining to father aspirations and support. The qualitative analysis was also very beneficial to understand some nuances related to the effectiveness of parental aspirations and support among ethnic minoritized students. The research findings were discussed and interpreted based on the theoretical framework of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory of human development and Coleman’s social capital theory.
Margaret Booth, PhD (Advisor)
Christopher Frey, PhD (Committee Member)
Jean Gerard, PhD (Committee Member)
122 p.
Education; Educational Psychology; Secondary Education
parental academic support; parental educational aspirations; mother-father support; mother-father aspirations; academic achievement; mathematics; reading; GPA; adolescents; middle school; high school; diverse sample; mixed-methods; multiple regression

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  • Alibekova, V. I. (2020). The Role of Parental Support and Parental Educational Aspirations in Academic Achievement among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1605092110778166

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alibekova, Venera. The Role of Parental Support and Parental Educational Aspirations in Academic Achievement among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents. 2020. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1605092110778166.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alibekova, Venera. "The Role of Parental Support and Parental Educational Aspirations in Academic Achievement among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1605092110778166

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