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Parental Attitude as a Predictor of School Achievement among an Ethnically Diverse Sample Living in Poverty

Amin, Neelum
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1581-6574
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464096910

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2016, Specialist in Education, Miami University, School Psychology.
A large and growing body of literature examines factors that promote academic achievement in children. Apart from direct parental involvement, parental attitudes and dispositions, such as parental optimism, have been found to influence youth development. Using a correlational research design, this study examined (a) the relationship of parental optimism and students’ academic achievement within a sample of U.S. families living in poverty (n=1500), and (b) the possible roles of gender and ethnic/cultural group membership in moderating this relationship. The Life Orientation Test-Revised (Scheier et al., 1994) measured parental optimism and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement Brief Battery (Woodcock et al., 2007) measured student academic achievement. Results of regression analyses revealed that parental optimism did not predict achievement for the overall sample. Parental optimism did significantly predict achievement in individuals from a Hispanic background, although this relationship was no longer statistically significant once the influence of parental homework involvement was considered.
Kevin Bush, Dr. (Advisor)
Amity Noltemeyer, Dr. (Committee Member)
Anthony James, Dr. (Committee Member)
34 p.
Early Childhood Education; Education; Educational Psychology
Parental Optimism; Academic Achievement; Parental Involvement; Parenting Behaviors; Poverty; Familism

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  • Amin, N. (2016). Parental Attitude as a Predictor of School Achievement among an Ethnically Diverse Sample Living in Poverty [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464096910

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Amin, Neelum. Parental Attitude as a Predictor of School Achievement among an Ethnically Diverse Sample Living in Poverty. 2016. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464096910.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Amin, Neelum. "Parental Attitude as a Predictor of School Achievement among an Ethnically Diverse Sample Living in Poverty." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464096910

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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