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Abou, Dumontier Alexia. "La prise de risque dans l’espace routier chez le préadolescent : implication de l’identité sexuée, la recherche de sensations, l’estime de soi, l’attachement aux parents et la supervision parentale." Thesis, Paris 10, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA100039/document.
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La présente étude s’interroge sur les rapports entre la prise de risque et différentes variables individuelles et sociales ─ l’identité sexuée, la recherche de sensations, l’estime de soi, l’attachement aux parents et la supervision parentale ─ chez jeunes adolescents piétons âgés de 9 à 14 ans. Afin d’obtenir les données, 948 participants scolarisés de la classe de CM1 à celle 3ème ont répondu à un questionnaire. Les résultats nous ont permis de confirmer que d’une part les garçons prennent plus de risques que les filles et d’autre part, que plus l’enfant est âgé plus il prend des risques dans l’espace routier. Les résultats confirment également l’existence de liens entre l’identité sexuée, la recherche de sensations, l’attachement aux parents, la supervision parentale et la prise de risque piéton. Par contre, l’estime de soi n’est pas corrélée à la prise de risque piéton. Des analyses de régression linéaires nous ont permis de montrer que la recherche de sensations s’explique par non seulement un besoin biologique ou physiologique de sensations mais aussi par un besoin de correspondre à des rôles sociaux, à la norme. La recherche de sensations c’est en grande partie quelque chose qui vise à satisfaire un besoin identitaire, rôles de sociaux auxquels on est tenu d’adhérer. Le modèle de Baron et Kenny (1986) nous a permis de vérifier que la supervision parentale agit bien comme variable médiatrice entre l’attachement des parents et la prise de risque piéton. Ainsi nous proposons un modèle plus complexe du MIO (modèle interne opérant) de Greenberg (1987). En effet, la supervision fait partie de l’attachement ; c'est-à-dire qu’en plus des dimensions communication/confiance et aliénation, on ajoute la dimension de supervision. Le sentiment d’être bien supervisé par les parents explique la mise en danger de soi en plus de l’attachement confiantIn the present study, we investigate the relationships between risk-taking and different individual and social variables – gender-role identity, sensations-seeking, self-esteem partial-attachment and parental-supervision – in young adolescent pedestrians (9 to 14 years old). In order to obtain valuable data, 948 pupils from CM1 to 3rd had to answer a set of questions. The results have confirmed that, on the one hand, boys take more risks than girls, and on the other hand, the more the child is old, the more he takes risks in the road-space. The results confirm, also, the association of the variables gender-role identity, sensations-seeking, parental attachment and parental supervision with the pedestrian risk-taking. On the other hand, there is no relationship between self-esteem and pedestrian risk-taking. A series of multiple regression analyses have shown that sensations-seeking cannot be explained only by biological or physiological need of sensations, but also by the need to correspond with the social roles. The Baron and Kenny (1986) model allows to verify that the parental-supervision does act as a mediating variable between parental-attachment and pedestrian risk-taking. So, we propose a more complex model of the MIO (construct of “working models”) of Greenberg (1987). Supervision is one of the dimensions of the attachment that is to say that, in addition to the communication/confidence and alienation dimensions, there is the supervision dimension. The feeling of being well-supervised by the parents, explains the self-endangering in addition to the confident-attachment
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De, Montigny-Malenfant Béatrice. "Modérateurs de la relation entre la supervision parentale et l'adaptation d'adolescents suivis en vertu de la Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse pour troubles de comportement sérieux." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26641.
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L’adolescence est une période à risque pour le développement des problèmes de comportement et cruciale pour la réorganisation des relations familiales et des pratiques parentales. Les adolescents suivis en vertu de la Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse pour troubles de comportement sérieux représentent un groupe particulièrement vulnérable de notre société auquel il est primordial de s’intéresser. Le présent mémoire doctoral a pour objectif d’examiner chez ces adolescents la relation entre la supervision parentale et les problèmes de comportement, tant intériorisés qu’extériorisés, et d’évaluer le rôle modérateur des conflits parents-adolescents et du sexe de l’adolescent sur cette relation. L’échantillon est composé de 108 adolescents âgés de 11 à 16 ans et de leurs parents. Les résultats indiquent qu’il existe une relation négative entre la supervision parentale et les problèmes extériorisés des jeunes de l’échantillon. Cette relation est plus forte pour les garçons et lorsque le degré de conflits est faible.
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Doucet, Joanie. "Contribution des composantes du trouble déficitaire de l'attention - hyperactivité dans la continuation des conduites antisociales." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/5601.
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La présente recherche tente de vérifier l'association entre les composantes du trouble déficitaire de l'attention - hyperactivité (impulsivité, hyperactivité, inattention), la supervision parentale ainsi que la fréquentation de pairs délinquants dans la poursuite des symptômes du trouble des conduites un an plus tard. L'étude tente également de vérifier l'association à la persistance des conduites antisociales jusqu'au début de l'âge adulte (récidive officielle). L'échantillon est composé de 90 adolescents francophones, âgés entre 12 et 17 ans au début de l'étude, présentant des symptômes du trouble des conduites. Certains sujets sont sollicités jusqu'à l'âge de 22 ans, sur le plan de la récidive officielle. Les composantes du TDA/H, la supervision parentale et la fréquentation de pairs délinquants ne permettent pas de prédire l'évolution des symptômes du trouble des conduites au-delà de l'influence des symptômes du trouble des conduites présents antérieurement. Il en est de même en ce qui concerne la récidive officielle.
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Cardoso, Sara Isabel Gomes de Sousa. "Absentismo escolar: uma consequência individual ou do sistema familiar?" Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/4280.
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Projecto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em CriminologiaO absentismo escolar é uma temática complexa, sendo que ao contrário do que se pensa não consiste apenas na falta de assiduidade regular às aulas. Como será desenvolvido ao longo deste projecto existem várias explicações e causas do absentismo escolar passando as mesmas pela influência da família, da escola, dos grupos de pares e pelo meio social onde se encontram inseridos. É por isso uma temática complexa e multidimensional que afecta vários contextos da vida de um aluno. A supervisão parental consiste num conjunto de acções praticadas pelos pais com o objectivo de monitorizar as actividades desenvolvidas pelos filhos, sendo que tem uma acção preventiva no que diz respeito ao desenvolvimento de condutas antissociais na fase da adolescência. Desempenha um papel essencial no que diz respeito ao desempenho escolar dos filhos, na adopção de comportamentos sexuais seguros e tem influência na escolha do grupo de pares. O objectivo deste estudo é a avaliação da influência da supervisão parental no absentismo escolar, querendo especificamente perceber se ao existir um aumento de supervisão parental haverá uma diminuição da conduta absentista dos alunos. Este é um estudo que terá por base uma investigação de carácter misto, usando técnicas qualitativas e quantitativas, que será desenvolvido com alunos dos 12 aos 15 anos de idade que se encontrem inseridos numa escola básica. Este estudo desenvolver-se-á tendo como instrumentos dois inquérito por questionário e uma entrevista que permitirá analisar este fenómeno e perceber se existe a possibilidade de estabelecer uma relação entre a supervisão parental e o absentismo escolar como foi referido anteriormente.
The truancy is a complex theme, and contrary to what people can think is not merely the lack of regular class attendance. As will be developed throughout this project there are several explanations and causes of truancy since the influence of family, school, peer groups and the social environment in which they are inside. This is a complex and multidimensional theme that affects many areas of a student life. Parental supervision is a set of actions practiced by parents in order to monitor the activities of the children, and has a preventive action with regard to the development of antisocial behaviors in adolescence. Plays an essential role with regard to the academic performance of children in the adoption of safer sexual behaviors and influences the choice of the peer group. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of parental supervision on school absenteeism, specifically wanting to understand if there is an increased parental supervision there will be a reduced absentee student conduct. This is a study that will be based on an investigation of mixed character, using qualitative and quantitative techniques, which will be developed with students from 12 to 15 years old who are placed in an elementary school. This study will be developed using two instruments inquiry by questionnaire and an interview that will examine this phenomenon and realize the possibility of establishing a relationship between parental supervision and truancy as mentioned above.
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Lo, Pui Leng. "Parental supervision, delinquent peers, and delinquency in Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2580071.
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Oliveira, Márcio. "Funcionamento familiar e delinquência juvenil: a importância da supervisão parental." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/7078.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciado em CriminologiaA investigação na área dos comportamentos juvenis, e nomeadamente, nos comportamentos negativos que conduzirão ao fenómeno de delinquência juvenil é ainda escassa. Importa, de facto, explorar os fatores que estão na raiz desta problemática para que haja uma atuação muito mais preventiva e, por isso, eficaz. O presente trabalho intitulado de “Funcionamento familiar e delinquência juvenil: a importância da supervisão parental” tem como objetivo perceber qual o papel da família como influência, ou seja, como entidade que poderá criar condições para que as suas gerações mais novas adotem comportamentos antissociais. Para além disso, importa-nos particularmente perceber de que forma a supervisão parental poderá ajudar a compreender a adoção de comportamentos antissociais pelos seus filhos, geralmente com início no meio escolar. Tudo isto será realizado numa perspetiva de pudermos pensar em medidas preventivas de ação. Deste modo, a amostra a utilizar neste projeto de investigação serão 37 jovens com idades compreendidas entre os 11 e os 17 anos de idade referenciados numa Comissão de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens da zona norte do país, pela problemática de absentismo escolar nos anos de 2013 até o ano de 2017. O instrumento utilizado nesta proposta de investigação é a entrevista semiestruturada para recolha de informação, uma para os pais/cuidadores e outra para os jovens que compõem a amostra. Será expectável que a falta de supervisão parental (particularmente no que diz respeito ao acompanhamento da vida escolar e tudo o que isso envolve a nível de relações sociais) seja um dos fatores que influencie a prática de comportamentos delinquentes pelos jovens. A identificação precoce dos fatores que podem influenciar um desenvolvimento biopsicossocial saudável dos jovens constitui-se uma prioridade face ao fenómeno que se impõe na atualidade.
Research on juvenile behavior area, and in particular on the negative behavior that will lead to juvenile delinquency, is still scarce. In fact, it is important to explore the factors that are at the root of this problem to have a much more preventive and therefore effective action. The present work entitled "Family functioning and juvenile delinquency: the importance of parental supervision" aims to perceive the role of the family as a influencer, that is, as an entity that can create conditions for its younger generations to adopt antisocial behaviors. In addition, it is particularly important to identify which failures in the system of parental supervision justify that their children adopt these behaviors, often starting with doing so in school. All of this will be done in a perspective that we can think of preventive measures of action. In this way, the sample to be used in this research project will be 37 young people between 11 and 17 years old referenced in a Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth in the north of the country, due to the problem of school absenteeism in the years 2013 until the year 2017. The instrument used in this research proposal is the semi-structured interview to collection information, one for the parents / caretakers and another for the young people that compose the sample. It will be expected that the lack of parental supervision (particularly with regard to the monitoring of school life and all that this involves in social relations) is one of the factors that influence the practice of delinquent behavior by young people. Early identification of the factors that may influence a healthy biopsychosocial development of young people is a priority in the face of the current phenomenon.
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Islam, Shorful. "The socialisation of childrens' safety abilities : the role of parental supervision." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342448.
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Bessa, Yawo Agbessi. "Relationship between the amount of parental supervision time and child delinquency." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4790/.
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This study assesses the relationship between parental supervision and children's delinquency. Data used in this study came from interviews with 99 parents from the Denton city area of Texas in 2003. A probability sample of 53 was contacted by way of randomly selected residential telephone numbers. In addition, 46 parents were non-randomly selected. Parents were asked about how much time they spent supervising and engaging in activities with their children and whether or not the oldest child exhibited delinquent behavior such as fighting, playing hooky, and being sent to detention or the principal's office. The study found that the more time parents spend in supervision and in engaging activities with their daughters, the less likely these children were to exhibit delinquent behavior. This was consistent with previous research. However, the level of delinquency of boys increased with the increase in the amount of parental supervision time, especially by fathers.
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Foley, Avis. "African American Parent Perceptions of Barriers to Parental Involvement." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1846.
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Parental involvement in schools has been linked to student academic success and dropout prevention. However, some parents are disenfranchised by the educational system because they do not know how to become involved in the schools. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers to parental involvement in a rural school district with increased dropouts and low academic success. Epstein's framework provided structure to analyze the ways parents participate in schools, classify the barriers, and organize suggestions for improvement. The research questions focused on African American parents' perceptions of barriers to parental involvement by using a focus group, interviews, and a questionnaire. A qualitative research design and case study interviewing approach identified barriers to parental involvement. The sample consisted of 20 African American parents of middle and high school students. Data analysis included coding and categorizing themes. Findings revealed 4 specific barriers to parental involvement that included (a) unclear understanding of parental involvement, (b) inadequate school communication, (c) ineffective school leader support, and (d) communal disintegration. In addition, most parents identified varied teacher conference times as the most effective influence in promoting parental involvement. The project stemming from this doctoral study is the beginning of an ongoing parent engagement network that will utilize the educational network platform Edmodo to aid parents in implementing effective parental practices. The potential for social change includes increased academic success, improved behavior, and increased esteem among students as a result of active parental involvement.
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Greene, Ryan L. "Development of the Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ)." DigitalCommons@USU, 2013. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5036.
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an empirically based psychological intervention established as effective in the treatment of a number of clinical problems. ACT has been utilized with parents in a variety of contexts, thus creating a need to assess ACT-pertinent factors within parenting frameworks. However, a psychometrically sound measure designed to assess parental psychological flexibility is currently unavailable. The present study sought to develop a reliable and valid measure that is for use with parents rooted in the six primary processes theorized to contribute to psychological flexibility. One hundred eighty-two participants were recruited from a public elementary school located in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Findings from the project yielded an overall internal consistency value of .84 and an average of .73 among ACT processes measured by the Parental Acceptance Questionnaire (6-PAQ). Results of the confirmatory factor analysis using items included in the final version of the 6-PAQ instrument suggested an exceptional overall fit: CFI = .97, TLI = .96, RMSEA = .06 (90% confidence interval = .05-.08), and WRMR = 0.86. Taken together, these results provide preliminary support for the 6-PAQ as an effective measurement tool to assess parental psychological flexibility. Empirical and clinical implications of results as well as limitations and future directions are discussed.
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Fedewa, Michael Joseph. "The North Carolina Charter School Choice: Selection Factors and Parental Decision Making." NCSU, 2005. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-01252005-143207/.
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The study discussed in this dissertation identified and examined the factors that influence a parent's decision to choose a North Carolina charter school for their children. The study was conducted at 13 North Carolina Charter schools. Questionnaires were distributed to 2,325 parents, and 903 were completed. The questionnaire contained 14 questions that examined 16 factors that might influence parental decision-making. Frequency distributions were tabulated for each of the fourteen survey questions. A principal component and a varimax analysis was conducted. The factors were grouped into three categories: (1) administration, (2) academic/instructional, and (3)student-centered. Folowing this procedure, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was applied to the data. This tested the three categories against the independent variables of race, parental income, and parent education level. A post hoc test (Tukey's Studentized Range, HSD) was applied when appropriate. The category administration accounted for the greatest variance in the study. Factors in this category included sports program, extracurricular activities, technology program, facilities, transportation, and food service. The category that accounted for the next largest portion of the variance in the study was academic/instructional factors. These factors included curriculum, people running the school, opportunities for parents to participate, the school's expectation of parents, and academic standards. The category that accounted for the third largest protion of the variance in the model was student-centered factors. These factors included school size, class size, and individual attention provided by teachers. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) tested the three categories against independent variables of race, parental income level, and education levels of parents. Post hoc testing was conducted when there was a significant main effect. This process led to the conclusion that minority parents place more value on administrative selection factors than majority parents. Futhermore, minority parents tend to place more value on academic/instructional selection factors than majority parents. Finally, parents that had professional or post graduate levels of education value administrative selection factors more than parents with lower levels of education.
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Compton, Amanda Nunnery. "Strategies for Increasing Parental Involvement for Elementary School Students." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2645.
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Strategies for Increasing Parental Involvement for Elementary School Students
by
Amanda N. Compton
MEd, University of Memphis, 1991
BS, University of Memphis, 1982
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Education
Walden University
August 2016
Students are more successful in school when their parents are involved in their education; This concept is especially true for students living in poverty. The school staff of the elementary school studied in this project study identified the need for improved parental involvement to help close the student achievement gap. In this explanatory sequential mixed methods study, surveys were used to determine the ways parents were involved in their children's education followed by interviews with parents to learn how the school could improve parental participation and family engagement. The research was based on Epstein's model of parent involvement, which includes 6 elements of parental involvement: family obligations, obligations of schools, involvement at school, involvement at home, involvement in decision making, and community involvement. The quantitative phase consisted of 76 parent surveys, and the qualitative phase consisted of 11 parent interviews at the school site. The data were calculated and coded according to the 6 types of parent involvement. From the descriptive statistics used to report the quantitative data, it was evident that all 6 types of parent involvement were important in engaging parents in the education of their children. Communication and learning at home were more of a focus in the qualitative phase of this study. The results showed that schools should plan more effectively to help parents understand how to aid their children at home and to communicate more effectively for purposes of improving student achievement. Professional development will result in positive social change by causing school staff to improve upon the practices they use to engage parents in schools. The improved family engagement will benefit students' academic abilities and social skills.
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Smith, Stephanie Michele. "Examining Parental Involvement in an Elementary School's Prekindergarten Program." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2762.
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Parental involvement is integral to promoting a high quality school environment. A lack of parent involvement is a problem that currently exists in an urban, public elementary school in Texas. This issue is important because once the parents increase their engagement, the home school relationship can be improved. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate how pre-kindergarten parents at the study elementary school perceive parent involvement and how principals and teachers at the school can help parents improve their involvement. This study is based upon Epstein's theory of 6 types of parent involvement. This study examined parents' perceptions of the role of parental involvement in children's education and the strategies that schools may use to boost parental involvement. Over the course of the 9-month school year, individual interviews were conducted with 14 parents whose children attended the prekindergarten program at this school in Texas. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes. Parents considered their involvement to be important and appreciated receiving school information through phone conferences, newsletters, and an online portal. Parents also reported that health issues, time restraints, and busy work schedules were obstacles to being more involved. Recommendations for improving parental involvement included parent workshops on academic strategies and programming that is scheduled after school to accommodate parents' schedules. This study could contribute to positive social change by encouraging parental involvement at the study site. Additionally, this study could enhance positive social change by encouraging the educational sector to focus on building effective school/family partnerships.
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Hodges, Emma. "Parenting, head injury and aggression : predictive pathways of offending in male young offenders." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3761.
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Adolescence is a risk period for offending and head injury (HI), with rates of HI in young offender populations frequently exceeding those in the community. Poor parenting practices have been associated with increased risk of offending and development of reactive and proactive aggression. Preliminary research suggests HI may discriminate offender profiles within young offenders, but the influence of HI on offending alongside parenting and aggression is less well known. This study explored the relationships between parenting practices, reactive and proactive aggression, HI and offending in a sample of male young offenders from a Young Offender Institute (n=98) using self report data. A history of at least one HI was reported by 73.5%, with 61.1% reporting a knock out from their worst HI. Poor supervision emerged as a key predictor: predicting knock out history, indicators of offending and reactive and proactive aggression. Repeated HI was predictive of reactive aggression and a knock out history predicted earlier age of first offence. The impact of HI on outcomes via neuropsychological sequelea or as a “marker” for contextual risk factors such as poor supervision and reactive aggression are examined. Clinical implications for young offenders are discussed.
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Garcia, Dagoberto. "English Language Learners parental involvement in schools." Scholarly Commons, 2011. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/92.
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This dissertation examines the methods and techniques used by school administrators to bring in and keep parents of English Language Learners coming back to be part of the school. Administrators at twelve schools in the Southeastern central San Joaquin Valley in California were interviewed to determine what practices they utilized to make ELL parents part of the education experience. A series of questions were asked of each participant and their answers grouped into four categories to determine the common methods and techniques used by the sample. Once similar traits were established a comparison between the literature review and the findings was conducted to assert validity with established practices. This study found that the effective administrators used some aspects of the model Comer and other effective strategies they found to be effective in educating the ELL population. This study found that administrators in schools with large percentages of English Language Learners used techniques suggested in the literature review. Furthermore, the study recommends other areas that will be useful to increase parent participation in all schools.
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Lawton, Ruth. "Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of a Parental Involvement Component in Afterschool Tutoring." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4527.
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This study examined an after-school tutoring and mentoring program that was implemented to help low-income students in the K-12 local district who were struggling with reading and mathematics. To date, the program has not been successful in improving student achievement. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to provide administrators and teachers with insights into parents' and teachers' perceptions of the program, with an emphasis on parental involvement (PI). Vygotsky's theory of social constructivism focused this study on the tenet that social interactions between parents, students, and teachers all impact the program students' construction of knowledge. The research questions focused on the teachers' and parents' perceptions of the effectiveness of the tutoring program, parental involvement, and suggestions to improve the program. Detailed qualitative data was collected through seven parents and three teachers structured interviews that were transcribed, open-coded, and analyzed across participants to identify recurrent themes. There were 5 themes: PI is crucial, behavior problems, improving parent-teacher communication, inadequate PI, and improving PI. Participants had mixed opinions of the effectiveness of the tutoring program, emphasized the importance of PI, and had many suggestions to improve the program. The project white paper includes 6 detailed recommendations supported by data, a timeline for implementation and materials for a teacher training component and a teacher-parent collaboration component. Positive social change may result if the study helps increase the amount of interaction between teachers and parents, increases attendance at parent meetings, and these changes help increase student test scores.
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Elcik, Jacqueline. "Reconsidering Parental and Marital Status as Influences on Women’s Work Experiences." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1468335547.
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Qonde, Gwebinkundla Felix. "An analysis of the nature of parental involvement in school governance." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2000. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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The study is in response to the recently enacted South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 (SASA), which sees the legislated inclusion of parents in school governing bodies. The Act promotes four distinct representative participants or stakeholders. These include parents, who constitute the majority, educators, learners and non-teaching staff. There is an indication that the SASA has tensions, ambiguities and contradictions which could allow either "consumer market"
or "
citizen equity"
visions to prevail in practical terms. However, I argue that the SASA in practice is becoming dominated by the consumer vision that has a danger of creating unfair competition amongst schools and perpetuating the already existing inequalities in our society. In this mini-thesis, I attempt to investigate the nature of parental involvement in school governance in practice. I focus on their responsibilities in relation to policy matters as enshrined in the SASA, their commitment to executing their functions. The aim is to determine their capacity to fulfil their responsibilities with respect to their powers and functions.
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Teng, Wei. "Parental reading beliefs, home literacy practices, and children's development: Examination of a parental reading beliefs model in China." Scholarly Commons, 2014. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/72.
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Prior studies based on data in the United States demonstrate that parental reading beliefs are significantly influenced by demographic characteristics, and their beliefs are significant predictors of home literacy practices and children's literacy development. Based on these findings, a model of parental reading beliefs was developed and tested. This study examined whether components within this model based on prior research findings in the United States would generalize to a sample of families in China. The study employed quantitative research methods, and parental reading beliefs, home literacy practices, children's reading interests, children's literacy development and literacy development served as variables. Instruments used to measure these five variables had been used in prior studies, and were adopted, modified, and translated into Chinese. The social-economic status (SES) of the family, gender and employment status of parents were controlled throughout the study. The sample for this study consisted of 795 parents of three- to four-year-old children attending Level A preschools in Shanghai. Participants were recruited through teachers in preschools, and data were collected via an online surveytool (SurveyMonkey ® ). Multiple regression analysis was used as the main statistical method to examine the associations between parental reading beliefs, home literacy practices, children's reading interest, and children's literacy and cognitive development, while incorporating control variables. Research findings demonstrated that demographic characteristics like socioeconomic status( SES), parents' gender and employment influenced parental reading beliefs significantly (p < .001); home literacy environments, children's reading interests, children's development both in literacy and cognition were closely related with parental reading beliefs (p < .001); although both parents' beliefs influence home literacy practices, mothers' beliefs played a more significant role in creating home literacy environments; the association of parental reading beliefs with children's reading interests and between parental reading beliefs and literacy development were mediated by home literacy practices; and the associations of parental reading beliefs with children's literacy and between cognition were mediated by children's reading interest. The present study demonstrated that the many parts of the model of parental reading beliefs may be generalized to a Chinese sample.
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Okonkwo, Beatrice Ihegharauche, and Marissa Louise Sitz. "Influences of alcohol, marijuana, peer pressure, parental or adult supervision, knowledge of STD's/HIV and pregnancy on the initiation of sexual activity." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2509.
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The purpose of the study was to show the variables that influence adolescents' sexual activities that have not been well defined. What leads adolescents to be more sexually active than previous generations? A Survey was conducted at the Fontana Unified School District.
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Robinson, Barbara Lockhart. "The effect of the building administrator's leadership behavior and parental involvement on student achievement in the areas of reading and mathematics in middle schools of a metropolitan school system." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1989. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2283.
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This study described the relationship between leadership behavior, parental involvement and student achievement in the areas of reading and mathematics in focus middle schools. A questionnaire designed by Bell South Laboratories was used to elicit teachers' perceptions of their principal's behavior in the areas of discipline, climate, communications, community relations, and instructional leadership. The instrument was field tested by a panel of experts whose feedback was used to improve the instrument. Information relative to parental involvement was secured from Board of Education minutes outlining the number of parents who join the PTA and the number of parents who volunteer in the school.
Analysis of the data was made by using the Pearson (r) to determine if a relationship existed between the variables. Table values were used to determine the significance of the Pearson r. The statistical tools were utilized to test the 14 null hypothesis in the study.
The following significant findings of the study are that: 1.There were significant relationships found between the variables of climate and reading and mathematics, community relations and reading and mathematics, communications and reading and mathematics, PTA and reading and mathematics, volunteers and reading and mathematics. 2. The relationships found crossed focus boundaries. 3. There were non-significant relationships found between discipline and reading and instructional leadership and mathematics. 4. The relationships for non-significant relationships cross focus boundaries. 5. The study revealed that focus status was neither an issue in teachers' perceptions of the principal's behavior, nor was it an issue in the variable of parental involvement.
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Parry, Douglas L. "Narrowing the academic achievement gap among high school Latino students through parental involvement." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/792.
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The low academic achievement among Latino students in many inner city high schools leads to higher failure, dropout, and absenteeism rates, as well as lower standardized test scores and graduation rates. The purpose of this study was to explore whether Latino parental attitudes toward and perceptions, level of, and form of involvement may be linked to this low student achievement. The theoretical framework for this study was Epstein's parental involvement model. The research questions investigated the relationship between Latino parental attitudes toward and perceptions, level of, and form of involvement and student academic achievement. Fifty-eight parents participated in a parent survey for this mixed methods study. Ten parents were interviewed to obtain the qualitative data. Based on Pearson's product-moment correlation, the survey data revealed that there were no statistically significant relationships between Latino student academic achievement and parental attitudes toward and perceptions, level of, and form of involvement. Parent interview data identified parent work schedules, the inability to communicate in English, and parents' lack of education as potential barriers to their involvement. Parent recommendations to overcome these barriers included adjusting school office hours, providing bilingual school personnel, and offering parenting classes that may make high schools more accessible for Latino parents and, by extension, may challenge school personnel to better understand and address the needs of their students' parents in an attempt to promote educational equity.
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Tresnak, Robyn. "Case Study of Parental Involvement for Enhanced Kindergarten Students' Development in Low Socioeconomic Households." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/768.
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Evidence suggests that parents in low socioeconomic households may have unaddressed educational needs about their children's development. The purpose of this case study was to discover innovative ways parents in a low socioeconomic community engaged in activities with their young children to influence academic and social development. Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of human development and Epstein's parental involvement model, the family process model, and the family strength model were used to build the conceptual framework. Parents and educators were asked to describe parent-engagement opportunities that were provided within the kindergarten classroom. Data were collected using a focus group with 13 educators who were involved in early childhood education to discuss parental involvement in the early development of young children and via in-depth interviews with 6 parents who attended classroom events to promote engagement in their child's development in school and at home. Data were analyzed in a cycle with a deductive coding process. Manual coding was completed in each stage. The major themes identified include creating a team of early childhood educators and parents, building 21st century thinking skills, and enabling the community for early preparation using authentic learning. Recommendations were presented for educators and parents as they guide young children in the development of academic, social, and behavioral skills. Positive social change will come to the full community as parents are more prepared to equip their children with 21st century learning skills; in turn, children will obtain higher levels of achievement and enter the work force equipped for success.
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Silver, Barbara L. "Parental motivation for enrolling a child in a two-way immersion language program." Scholarly Commons, 2011. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/102.
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This study involved surveying 649 families in Livingston Union School District in Livingston, California, to ascertain parents' motivating factors which led them to enroll their children in a dual-language program at school and to see if there are different motivating factors for English-speaking parents and Spanish-speaking parents. A dual-language program involves integrating students who speak two different languages into a class or program where students learn in both languages. The survey return rate was 41.2%. Of the 268 respondents, 52.9% indicated that they spoke to their children at home in Spanish, 41.4% indicated that they spoke to their children at home in English, 2.6% spoke to their children in Punjabi, 0.3% said they spoke to their children in Urdu, and 2.6% of the respondents declined to answer this question. When asked what motivated the parent to enroll their child in a dual-langauge program, the responses from Spanish-dominant parents were as follows: 90.11% of the respondents enrolled the child in the program because they wanted their child to be able to speak, read, and write in two languages, 67.10% enrolled because they wanted their child to be successful in a global economy, 62% said they enrolled because they wanted their child to be more successful in school, 59.60% said they wanted their child to be comfortable relating to different people and cultures, 57.70% said they wanted their child to be able to relate to his/her heritage, 36.30% enrolled their child because they wanted the child to be with teachers that spoke their language. Approximately 11% wrote in other reasons for enrolling their child in a dual-language program. English-speaking parents chose their reasons for enrolling their child in a dual-language program in almost the same order as the Spanish-speaking parents. However, there are significant differences in the percentage of parents that chose those answers. For example, though the desire to see their child speak, read, and write in two languages was the top choice of both sets of parents, 94.5% of the English-speaking parents chose this answer while only 86.60% of Spanish-speaking parents chose this as their top answer. In addition, there was a significant difference between the two sets of parents when analyzing the choice of wanting their child to be comfortable relating to different people and cultures (English-speaking at 54.90% and Spanish-speaking at 63.3%) and the choice of wanting their child to be with teachers that spoke the same language (English-speaking at 25.20% and Spanish-speaking at 45%). The study ends with recommendation for practice and recommendations for further studies.
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Bevington, Suzanne. "Home-school relationships : the communication and engagement practices of schools and the role of the community educational psychologist." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13023.
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Paper One: Developing positive relationships between schools and families has become an increasing priority within education in order to best support children and young people’s learning and development. Despite an increasing focus on seeking the parental ‘voice’, the views and experiences of school staff, parents and children appear to have limited prominence within the literature. This paper presents a piece of illuminative Community Psychology research that explored home-school relationships from the perspectives of school staff, parents and children from four Primary schools in a local community. A mixed-methods approach to data collection involved twenty-eight staff and sixty-four parent questionnaires, a focus group with eight children, and semi-structured research interviews with six staff and five parents. The importance of effective communication to encourage home and school to ‘work together’ is highlighted along with the need to provide support tailored to local needs focused around developing parental knowledge and skills to support children’s learning. The findings offer valuable insights into the views and experiences of parents, school staff and children around the current communication and engagement practices of schools in a local community. There are also implications for educational practice, including within Educational Psychology, in developing more effective home-school relationships in the future. Paper Two: With an increasing focus on supporting parental involvement within education, the development of effective ‘partnerships’ between schools and families is widening. Despite the wealth of information and advice around engaging parents in education (DfE, 2011), there appears limited training and ongoing support for school staff on how to foster and maintain these positive interactions and how to tackle ‘real life’ issues faced within home-school relationships. This research explored the role of a Community Educational Psychologist working with school staff to develop and maintain positive home-school relationships. Through support and facilitation from a Trainee Community Educational Psychologist, a series of education and supervision sessions were developed with a group of school staff to increase knowledge and confidence around the applications of psychology within education and the influential factors in home-school interactions. A model of reflection was introduced through the supervision sessions to assist the creation of a sustainable support network for staff within school concerning their work with families. The findings highlighted a ‘need to’ and ‘desire for’ developing school staff knowledge and confidence and the significant impacts of the education/supervision sessions in achieving this. Factors enabling and preventing progress through these sessions were noted along with the value of ‘sharing’ within supervision. The necessity of continued practice in order to embed supervision into teaching practice was acknowledged, and the positive impact of a Community Educational Psychologist facilitating these groups was found. Implications for educational practice, including within Educational Psychology, in supporting school staff with home-school relationships are discussed.
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Mize, Brenda Gail. "Teachers Perceptions of the Impact of Online Grading Systems." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1321.
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This study examined the effects of the communication aspect of using an online grading program. This study explored teachers' perceptions of the implications of allowing the grading process to become transparent to parents. The purpose of this study was to assist teachers in searching for ways to create a positive parent-teacher relationship. A positive and constructive parent-teacher relationship is helpful to the student. If grades are made available to parents on a daily basis, they will have access to specifics about the academic performance of their child. Parents and teachers will be able to communicate with each other on a regular basis with the use of an online grading program. In-depth interviews of 10 middle school teachers were conducted using an interview guide. The interviews were then transcribed and coded by the researcher. The researcher found that teachers spoke positively regarding many of the features of Engrade, an online grade book. The teachers benefited from the convenience of communication with parents and students. The perceived primary result of Engrade is viewed as a positive by teachers because parents can communicate with the teachers about their children, and that, hopefully, allows them to be more involved in their child's academics. Further research opportunities are available in that the perceived implications of implementing an online grade book need to be evaluated from the perspective of parents and students.
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Glenn, Irv II. "A Phenomenological Inquiry Exploring Parental Involvement at Alternative Schools in Eastern North Carolina." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3853.
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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover the perceptions of caregivers and teachers regarding parental involvement at alternative schools in Eastern North Carolina. The lack of parental involvement at some schools is a systemic issue that involves continued efforts by school staff to include caregivers in promoting student success. The difficulties of engaging parents of alternative students result in little interaction between caregivers and educators. It is essential to understand how caregivers and educators perceive parental involvement and assess the quality of parental participation in an alternative educational setting. A qualitative research method was chosen to comprehensively examine teachers' and caregivers' experiences and perceptions related to parental involvement in alternative school students' education. The researcher utilized criterion-based sampling for participant selection. To participate, caregiver participants must have been a caregiver of an alternative school student. Teacher participants needed to be fully licensed and the teacher of record for a class of alternative school students. Six teachers and six caregivers who met the criterion established for participation consented to be interviewed through Zoom. The findings include themes four key themes: school dynamics valued by caregivers, teacher concerns about the lack of resources and support to involve caregivers, caregiver scheduling conflicts, and caregiver-teacher relationships. Through these findings, caregivers revealed that school culture, student services, academics, and scheduling were all factors that facilitated their involvement. Teachers indicated that their personal experiences with parental participation, the lack of resources, and the quality of relationships they had with caregivers determined their engagement level with caregivers.
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Harris, Heidi. "Parental Choice and Perceived Benefits of Reggio Emilia Inspired Programs." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5717.
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Despite credible research to support a constructivist-based approach in early childhood programs, policymakers continued to push for a more academic-based philosophy in an effort to reach standardized testing goals. Reggio Emilia, a constructivist-based early childhood philosophy that originated in Northern Italy, has been shown to be an excellent model to facilitate optimum learning in young children. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate parental experiences when choosing the constructivist-based early childhood program, Reggio Emilia, for their children and to explore parents' perceived benefits after their children attended. A constructivist conceptual framework was used to provide context for the Reggio Emilia philosophy. A purposeful sampling strategy was used to select a Reggio Emilia inspired program, Foundations Early Learning Center, in the American Midwest. Five parents who had enrolled their children at Foundations Early Learning Center for a minimum of 6 months participated through in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed, categorized, and clustered into similar themes that described the phenomenon. Results indicated parents identified an overall satisfaction for choosing a Reggio Emilia experience for their preschool children. Ten perceived benefits from parents were identified that were associated with their children after they attended the Reggio Emilia inspired program. Findings of the current study have the potential to bring awareness to policymakers and early childhood program directors when making decisions on what type of educational philosophy to implement into early childhood programs with results favoring the choice of a constructivist-based Reggio Emilia inspired program over alternative options.
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Sadberry, Verdie Ruth. "A Case Study of African American Parental Involvement in an Urban Middle School." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3205.
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Studying parental involvement offers the opportunity to develop new strategies and resources to
increase involvement at the middle schools serving a similar demographic population. In a large
economically disadvantaged urban middle school in the southeastern United States, very little
parental involvement occurs from the African American population. The purpose of this qualitative
single case study was to examine African American parents' perception about their involvement in
their middle school students' education. Guided by Epstein, Simon, and Salinas' parental
involvement model, which describes 6 levels of parental involvement, the research questions guiding
this project study examined African American parents' perceptions about middle school children's
educational experiences, the level of parental involvement in middle school education, and parental
beliefs about student success. A purposeful participant pool of 10
African American parents of Grade 7 and 8 students was used for data collection. Ten parents
completed the preliminary paper questionnaire, 10 parents participated in 1-on-1 semi-structured
interviews, and 7 parents participated in a focus group discussion. Thematic analysis of data
followed the open coding process and identified categories and themes. The findings suggested the
need for a parent education program involving the use of new strategies and resources for
increasing African American parent involvement at the middle school level. Social change will
occur by empowering African American parents to be involved in their middle school students'
education.
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McCulloh, Edna E. "Parent Support and Retention of Rural First-Generation College Students." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3113.
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A small, private university was the focus of this study, where rural first-generation college (FGC) students withdraw at higher rates than their continuing-generation counterparts. An objective of the university leadership is to increase student retention to foster a greater likelihood of degree completion. The research problem was the inability to retain rural FGC students. The purpose of the study was to explore parental support that promoted rural FGC student retention. The research questions addressed the students' perceptions about parental support and their decisions to remain enrolled. The research methodology was a qualitative case study design. Data were collected through semi structured interviews with a purposeful sample of 12 full-time FGC students from rural residential zip codes or counties. Transcribed interviews were coded and analyzed following a combination of approaches described by Creswell and Stake. The analysis revealed 6 themes: (a) parental support, (b) extended family relationships, (c) campus connection, (d) financial support, (e) community networks, and (f) institutional support. The results suggested that parental support shaped the students' decisions to remain enrolled. Based on the findings, a parent development project was designed to help university leadership and parents of rural FGC students engage collaboratively to improve retention. This study may contribute to positive social change, in that the resulting project may improve the students' ability to persist to degree completion and potentially give back to their rural communities.
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Rodriguez, Cory R. "The Relationship of the Parental Involvement of Latino Immigrant Parents of Middle School Students and Student Academic Achievement." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2449.
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The Latino population in the United States is projected to increase significantly in the upcoming years as well as the numbers of Latino students enrolled in public schools. These schools are challenged with a gap in Latino student achievement when compared to White non-Hispanic students. Studies indicate that parental involvement in school settings has been correlated to student achievement and that parental involvement is lower for Latino parents than White parents.
The purpose of this research study was to examine the relationship between parental involvement of seventh grade middle school Latino students and students’ reading and mathematics achievement. The study also examined selected relevant demographic variables, including socioeconomic status, parents’ level of education, single versus two-parent families, and the gender of the students and parents.
The theoretical framework that supported this research study was derived from Joyce Epstein’s (1991) model for parental involvement.
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Eggers, Amy Sheena. "The Emotional Guardianship of Foreign-Born and Native-Born Hispanic Youth and Its Effect on Violent Victimization." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3554.
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This study seeks to expand the scope of assimilation theory by integrating it with elements of routine activities theory to better understand what influence assimilation has in regard to violent victimization. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to determine whether or not differences in victimization rates between foreign-born and native-born Hispanic youth are related to variations in emotional guardianship. Emotional guardianship refers to the aspect of relationships (i.e., affection and communication) between Hispanic youth and their parents that serve to protect the youth from being victimized. I hypothesize that foreign-born Hispanics have greater emotional guardianship than native-born Hispanics, and as a result foreign-born Hispanics have lower probabilities of victimization. To test this hypothesis and others, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) is utilized, as it provides data about the various aspects of assimilation (e.g., country of birth, language spoken at home), routine activities (e.g., sports, clubs, and family outings), and emotional guardianship (e.g., communication of problems, expectations, and satisfaction of parental bond), which are each believed to contribute to the likelihood of being victimized.
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Moncrieffe, Maureen Hyacinth. "Black Caribbean American Parents' Home-Based Literacy Activities for K-2 Religious School Students." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/448.
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Research has shown that parental involvement plays a crucial role in the academic achievement of students. A parent's involvement in a child's literacy development, especially in the Black Caribbean American community, is important because it helps the child become a life-long reader. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to investigate the at-home literacy involvement of Black Caribbean American parents with their K-2 children in a small private religious school. Based upon Epstein's work on parental involvement, as well as Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's role construction theory, the current study explored these parents' at-home literacy activities with their children, their perceived barriers to further involvement, and their receptivity to school support to overcome those barriers. Eight parents were interviewed. Inductive analyses, including repeated reading, color coding, and generating themes, were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed positive parental support in at-home literacy activities. Parents read to and played literacy games with their children, assisted with homework, and used a variety of materials including books and technology. Parents indicated a lack of communication between them and the school regarding what literacy instruction was being provided at school. Social change can come about by providing this information to the school staff and having them take action that assists all parents to become more effectively involved in their children's at-home literacy activities. This involvement may, in turn, result in improved reading skills and overall academic performance.
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Miles, Tanya Summers. "A Case Study on Parent's Perceptions of Their Role in the Educational Process." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2132.
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A school district in rural Alabama has encountered a lack of parental involvement, which research shows could have a deleterious effect on student achievement. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore parents' perceptions about their involvement and the impact of that involvement on students' academic achievement. The conceptual framework that informed this study was Vygotsky's theory of social constructivism. The research questions addressed the parents' perceptions of their role in the education process as well as the effectiveness of the district's 2 parental involvement programs. A purposeful sample of 6 parents of students at an elementary school in Grades 3 through 5 participated in open-ended interviews. Data were transcribed, member checked, and then inductively coded for emergent themes. The findings suggested that parents believed their involvement was important, as was a strong home and school relationship. These themes were used to develop 3 days of parental involvement workshops, designed to help improve participation in the district's parental involvement programs and improve family and community relations. This study may help students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community agencies identify strategies to reduce the lack of parental involvement and increase student academic success.
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Robertson, Kandace Cheryee. "Native American Parent Perceptions of their Children's Success in Reading and Mathematics." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7836.
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The focus of this study was on how to help narrow the achievement gap between Native American students and their non-Native peers in an urban Oklahoma school district. A qualitative case study approach was used to answer the questions of how parents of Native American students perceive their children's academic success in reading and mathematics in Grade 1- Grade 12 and why they believe their children have consistently (or historically) performed below district, state, and national expectations in these subjects in an attempt to better understand the achievement gap. Progress reports, institutional reports, and standards-based test scores were indicative of the widening achievement gap between Native American students and their non-Native peers. Bourdieu's cultural capital theory supported by Epstein's model of parental involvement were used as the conceptual framework for this study. Six parents of Native American students in Grade 1– Grade 12 were selected as participants and were interviewed using open-ended, semistructured questions to gain insight and help to answer the research questions. The coding of collected data, an analysis of emergent themes and triangulation, peer debriefing, and member checks were all utilized as analytical procedures to ensure accuracy and credibility. Results from the study revealed that parents of Native American students perceive their students' academic success as a struggle and identify parental involvement, curriculum relatability, class size and communication among some of the barriers to their students' success. Implications for positive social change for this study included the potential to inform more effective teaching strategies for teachers who teach Native American students, inform their curriculum development, and foster the empowerment of Native American families.
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Spence, Jenevee. "How Factors of School Leadership, School Culture, and Teachers’ Perceptions Influence Parental Engagement in Two Title I Urban Middle Schools: Implications for Educational Leaders." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2018. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/112.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify how the select factors of school leadership, school culture and teachers’ perceptions influence parental engagement in two Title I Urban Middle Schools. This study investigated the strategies and programs that have an impact on parental engagement to determine how these can be used to improve parental engagement in Title I Urban Middle Schools. In order to accomplish the goal of this qualitative study, two Urban Title I Middle Schools from a large school district in the Southeastern United States were selected. This research design provided the opportunity to address the research problem of the factors that influence parental engagement in two Title I Middle Schools. The researcher collected and examined relevant data from teachers’ surveys, parents’ surveys, interviews with two middle school principals, a focus group discussion with parents, an analysis of documents, and interviews with parent liaisons at each middle school.
The researcher ensured the reliability and validity of the study by utilizing the triangulation method. Reliability and validity are important to any research and are often times considered as the “rigor” that is necessary for all kinds of research (Merriam, 1995). This triangulation method included open-ended interviews, surveys, a focus group discussion, and document analysis that were instrumental in determining and understanding the experiences, perceptions, and beliefs of those participants involved in the study. The study provided rich and valuable data that were used to address the research problem of the factors that influence parental engagement in Title I Middle Schools. The findings of the study provided an understanding of the factors that affect the level of parental engagement in Title I Middle Schools and also offered insights into understanding how these factors create challenges to parents in becoming more involved. The findings concluded that the leadership style of the principal, teachers’ perceptions of parental engagement, and school culture do have a substantial influence on parental engagement. The researcher also offers recommendations for state policies, school districts, and local school administrators on how they can create and implement programs to enrich their parental engagement activities.
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Douglas, Johnny. "Parental Perceptions of School: An Analysis of Contacts & Non-Contacts with Parents of Sixth Graders at L.C. Curry Elementary School." TopSCHOLAR®, 1988. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2267.
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Experimental and control groups were randomly selected in Johnny Douglas' sixth grade homeroom class to determine if contacts made to an experimental group of parents produced different perceptions of school as opposed to a control group of parents who received little or no contacts from the school. The experimental group of students' parents received a minimum of seven contacts from the school during the twenty day period of the study, while the control group received a minimum of three contacts in the same period.
A questionnaire sent to the parents at the conclusion of the experiment yielded three statements of fact. The control group responded that (1)reports from school on children's progress were inadequate, and (2)more reports were needed, and (3) their children were eager to go to school each day. The two groups were in agreement that they were being kept informed about educational practices, satisfied with their personal involvement in the schools, satisfied that the school was doing a good job of teaching the basic skills, and in strong agreement that their children were receiving the right amount of encouragement by reports from home.
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Nickerson, Terrill L. "Parents' Perceptions of Academic Progress Information Access and Dual Enrollment Student Success." Thesis, Walden University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3742228.
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To comply with The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations, parents of high school students taking college classes as part of a dual enrollment program have to employ alternative monitoring practices to remain informed about their students’ academic progress. This quantitative research study explored how parents’ perceptions of access to student academic progress information correlated with their students’ academic performance based on cumulative grade point average (GPA) in college classes. Credit-based transition programs (CBTP) and parent monitoring theory provided the framework. All 867 parents of students under age 18 enrolled in the dual enrollment program at an urban community college in a western state during the winter quarter 2015 were asked to respond a 10 question survey instrument, modified from Stattin and Kerr (2000) and six demographic indicators. The results of 59 returned questionnaires were linked to GPAs of students using descriptive and correlational statistics. A small response (6.8%) limited the ability to correlate parental perceptions and dual enrollment success in college courses. No significance was demonstrated; however, when cumulative GPAs and parent responses on the survey instrument were correlated using split-cases with demographic indictors, six significant correlations appeared. These indicated that parents do appear to play some significant role in supporting their dual enrollment student’s success in college courses. As a result, colleges may want to find mechanisms for parents of dual enrollment students to stay engaged without compromising the FERPA regulations.
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Hardie, Beth Nicole. "Why monitoring doesn't always matter : the situational role of parental monitoring in adolescent crime." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269284.
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Parental monitoring of settings is not always relevant for the prevention of adolescent crime because adolescents with strong personal moral rules and the ability to exercise self control are unlikely to offend even when they are unsupervised and know that their parents have little knowledge about their activities. Parental monitoring, commonly operationalised as parental supervision or parental knowledge, is often shown to have a negative relationship with crime involvement. However, research often ignores both the mechanism by which these relationships occur and the conditions under which they might (and might not) be found. This thesis uses specialist Space-Time Budget data (from the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study) to allow the comparison of adolescent crime rates in settings characterised by the of convergence of i) the physical presence or absence of parents and other guardians, ii) the psychological presence or absence of parents (represented by adolescent-perceived generalised parental knowledge of the circumstances of unsupervised activity) and iii) personal crime propensity (moral rules and ability to exercise self control). The conclusion derived from the results is that the physical presence of parents and other guardians in settings reduces the rate of adolescent crime committed in those settings; and the psychological presence of parents reduces the criminogenic impact of unsupervised time. Crucially however, these effects of parental monitoring are almost irrelevant for adolescents with a lower personal crime propensity, who are not likely to offend in settings irrespective of the physical or psychological absence of parents and other guardians. These findings provide support for person-environment interactions inherent in the causal model of Situational Action Theory, and provide a novel addition to evidence that could be used in future to inform policy-relevant recommendations concerning parenting behaviour and adolescent offending. Although this thesis provides new evidence about the relationship between parental monitoring and crime, the bulk of its contribution is relevant to a much wider audience. It contributes to the debate on approaches to the study of crime and crime prevention, adds clarity to key concepts and develops theoretical arguments in the field of parental monitoring and crime, develops a novel application of Situational Action Theory, extends theoretical and methodological discussions surrounding situational analysis, applies novel data and analytical methods to the study of the psychological and physical presence of guardians, generates and situates unique findings about the situational role of aspects of parental monitoring and crime, and makes some policy recommendations and suggestions about the nature and direction of future research.
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Cronin, Timothy David. "A Qualitative Study of Decision Making by First Time Parents for Their Child's Prekindgerten Year Programming." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4832.
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This study sought to gain a better understanding of how participants made decisions regarding placement for their first-born children for the prekindergarten year. The purpose of this research, to explore participants' decision-making process, was guided by the following research question: "How do parents make decisions to select placements for their children during the prekindergarten year?" The secondary research questions were the following: "What experiences do parents want their children to have during the prekindergarten year?"; "How do parents get information about programming for the prekindergarten year?"; and "How do parents assimilate information and make a final decision?"
This research utilized an interview study to capture the stories of parents as they reflected on the decisions they made for their child's prekindergarten year. Sixteen mothers representing 18 children participated in this qualitative study. Participants were selected because, at the time of the study, they were currently parents of a public school kindergarten student, who is their oldest child. This criterion produced a population of parents who had already made the decision about their child's prekindergarten year, had made this decision recently, and were first-time decision makers regarding prekindergarten programming. Participants' children were kindergarteners in one of three elementary schools in the same school district in a Midwest city.
Results showed that participants used the prekindergarten year to prepare their children and themselves for kindergarten. They gathered information from four main sources: friends, family, the child, and themselves. Participants valued their own intuition or opinion as the most important source of information. Participants' personal opinions were most valued because they needed to feel confident about a placement that they thought would fit their children's needs. Participants' decision-making was influenced by pre-school location, logistics (i.e. transportation), and preparation for kindergarten, hours, cost, and the first impressions of participants.
Three major themes emerged from the interviews concerning participant selection of a prekindergarten placement: (a) parental desires for the prekindergarten year; (b) sources of information about prekindergarten programs; and (c) factors that influenced the decision-making process. Two deciding factors were location and participants' first impressions. When a participant decided against a placement due to location or first impressions, the placement was eliminated from further consideration. Participants were willing to work around other decision-making factors, but l these two critical factors ended further consideration of a placement.
These findings contribute to existing research on parents' decision-making process of choosing their child's prekindergarten year by extending the research on childcare choices to include choices made specifically for the prekindergarten year. This research identifies key elements for parents including a transitional year for the parent, parents as a source of information , and critical influences on the decision-making process
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Kim, Sanga. "Asian American students’ academic achievement: reassessing early childhood and college." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6448.
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Between 2000 and 2010, the Asian population within the U.S. increased more than four times faster than the total U.S. population. Accordingly, school-aged immigrant children from Asia constitute a sizeable portion of the U.S.’s student population. The percentage of students enrolled in elementary and secondary public schools who are Asian/Pacific Islander is projected to increase from 2.6 to 3.1 million between 2014 and 2025, and will account for 6 percent of total enrollment by 2025. Asian American youth have shown distinct characteristics among other racial minority groups in the U.S. Compared to their White and Black counterparts, Asian American students perform better in secondary education and have higher college admission test scores. In addition to educational success in secondary education, Asian Americans also tend to enroll in college at higher rates, and are more likely to attend highly selective four-year colleges compared to other racial minority groups. Although the research on Asian American students’ educational success in secondary education and transition to college is well-established, neither their experiences in the early stages of schooling or in higher education have been investigated in depth, which leads to a general misunderstanding of Asian American students and their educational outcomes.
For the children of immigrant parents, early childhood is the most important period for adjustment, providing opportunities to prepare socially, psychologically, and intellectually for formal institutional settings. Despite this, researchers have paid relatively little attention to the educational experiences of young Asian American students and their families. Research on Asian American college students is equally important, with some social scientists reporting that the educational success of Asian Americans in secondary education is not necessarily maintained through higher education. Research on these two stages of education will help us better understand the educational attainment of Asian American students in terms of life course perspectives.
In order to address the evident gaps in research, I have chosen to investigate the relationship between parents’ race/ethnicity and parental involvement in pre-secondary education, as well as the association between students’ race/ethnicity and educational experiences in post-secondary education, focusing primarily on Asian American students. In the first study, I examine how the race/ethnicity of parents with first grade children contributes to parental involvement within school and outside of school, after controlling for potential confounding factors at both the child and parent level. I further explore whether parents’ socioeconomic status (SES) influences the parental involvement of Asian parents. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (ECLS-K:2011) data, I employ ordinary least squared (OLS) regression to examine the extent to which parent’s race/ethnicity or SES (within-race/ethnicity analysis) predict parental involvement in their children’s educational activities, in school and outside of school. To adjust for weighting and design effects in the data set, I used the specific first grade weights designed for each teacher, parent, or school administrator response in 2010-2011 cohorts, respectively. I found that while Asian parents had significantly lower participation in school-based parental activities compared to White parents, such parents tended to participate more heavily in their children’s educational activities outside of school. Within-race/ethnicity analysis for Asian parents, I found an overall positive effect of SES on parental involvement both in school and outside of school. Interestingly, the determinants of parental involvement changed depending upon the types of parental involvement.
In the second study, I analyze the 2016 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), a multi-institutional data set, to examine the relationship between students’ race/ethnicity and college outcomes, as well as the extent to which students’ college experiences and perceptions mediate this relationship. I found that Asian American college students had a lower college GPA, as well as lower scores in self-assessment of gains in critical thinking and communication skills, compared to their White peers. Students’ academic engagement and perceptions of how well they belonged accounted for the largest share of the relationship between students’ race/ethnicity and college outcomes. I further explore how parental education, as a proxy of parents’ SES, influences the college outcomes of Asian American college students. I found that Asian American students with parents who did not attend any college had higher GPAs than those Asian American students with parents who both earned four-year degrees. However, Asian American students with parents who did not attend any college had lower scores in self-evaluation of gains in critical thinking and communication skills than those with parents who both earned four-year degrees.
This dissertation contributes to the existing literature on Asian American studies and higher education by pushing the boundaries of sociological knowledge of the experiences of Asian American students in U.S. schools. Focusing on the influence of race/ethnicity and family background from the early years to the post-secondary level, this research provides a rich and far more comprehensive understanding of immigrant success than is currently available in the literature. Given the statistical evidence of higher educational attainment among Asian American students, many policy makers view Asian American students and their families as members of a model minority; researchers typically describe these individuals as successfully overcoming some racial minority status, and wrongly assume that they do not need to receive specific policy or program support. These perspectives imply that Asian American students are a homogeneous racial group. In response, my dissertation attempts to reveal the disadvantages of those Asian American parents who struggle to involve themselves in their children’s school-based activities, as well as how SES can impact parent involvement among these Asian parents. My dissertation also attempts to highlight the fact that success in secondary education for Asian Americans does not necessarily lead to successful college outcomes. These findings indicate that Asian American students and their families have been misunderstood and misrepresented, particularly with regard to the early stages of schooling, as well as higher education. My dissertation seeks to inform policy for those programs targeting disadvantaged racial minority students. Educational institutions, for instance, could design policy interventions for those racial minority parents with children in pre-secondary education wanting to involve themselves more heavily in their children’s school-based activities. Postsecondary educators might also be able to more effectively foster the academic success of their students (specifically Asian Americans) by increasing their awareness of their students’ particular immigrant and family backgrounds.
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Hellmann, Joanne N. "Social and Psychological Factors Related to the Career Exploration Process of Young Adults." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/19.
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This study examined social and psychological factors influencing the career exploration process of young adults. The predictor variables of this study were parental attachment, peer attachment, and self-efficacy; the outcome variables were environmental/occupational exploration, self-exploration, and career indecision. Data for this study were collected using various measures that were compiled into one survey hosted on Qualtrics. Results indicated that secure maternal attachment predicted secure peer attachment and high self-efficacy in young adults. Greater peer attachment was negatively correlated with environmental exploration. A higher level of self-efficacy was positively correlated with environmental exploration and negatively correlated with career indecision. These results imply that maternal attachment has an indirect influence on a young adult’s career exploration process.
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Troupe, Kasan Tameka. "Motivations Influencing Home Support Engagements in Jamaican High Schools." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4406.
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Researchers have emphasized the importance of parental involvement in ensuring the educational success of children. Despite the recognized value, some stakeholders continue to struggle to leverage and sustain this partnership, which may encumber students' success. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the factors influencing parental involvement in Jamaican high schools. This qualitative case study sought to unearth the motivational factors influencing parental involvement within a climate of educational accountability in Jamaican high schools. Grounded in Epstein's school-family-community partnership model, this study unearthed some of the differences and similarities of parental involvement within high schools that were described as high and under performing schools and what informed those differences. Sixteen participants from 4 high schools were interviewed using a semistructured interview guide. The data were analyzed thematically and interpreted against Epstein's theory. The findings of this study indicated that all stakeholders in a child's education had mutual interests and influences and an expressed desired to increase their involvement. The motivational factors driving their involvement varied from policies, beliefs, benefits, and personal challenges; parental involvement also differed in quality and quantity across schools and requires creativity in design for greater involvement, accountability, and impact. The strategic utility of these findings can assist in the creation of the home support engagements needed to remove the constraints impeding students and wider school success, thereby guiding students into successful directions, which is the epitome of social change.
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Bittar-Piekutowski, Malaïka. "Comportements antisociaux à l’adolescence : la supervision parentale comme facteur modérateur de l'influence des amis antisociaux." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/18804.
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Les relations avec des amis déviants à l’adolescence peuvent être un terreau fertile pour le développement de comportements antisociaux. Au travers des processus de sélection et de socialisation, les amis s’influencent fortement, de manière telle que le niveau de comportements antisociaux des amis permet de prédire l’augmentation de comportements antisociaux chez les jeunes. La supervision parentale est susceptible de réduire l’influence négative des amis. Cette étude longitudinale vise à évaluer la contribution respective de l’influence des amis antisociaux et de différentes composantes de la supervision parentale (contrôle parental, sollicitation parentale et divulgation spontanée du jeune) sur le développement de comportements antisociaux au début de l’adolescence auprès d’un échantillon de 623 élèves âgés de 12 à 14 ans. Il vise également à évaluer dans quelle mesure les différentes composantes de la supervision parentale interagissent avec l’influence des amis antisociaux afin de rendre compte du développement ultérieur des comportements antisociaux. Des analyses de régression hiérarchique indiquent que les comportements antisociaux des amis, ainsi que chacune des composantes liées à la supervision parentale, contribuent de manière unique et indépendante à prédire le développement ultérieur des comportements antisociaux. De plus, les adolescents qui rapportent un plus haut niveau de contrôle parental et qui ont davantage tendance à partager spontanément de l’information sur leur vie présentent moins de comportements antisociaux deux ans plus tard. Par contre, les jeunes qui rapportent un plus haut niveau de sollicitation parentale présentent plus de comportements antisociaux deux ans plus tard. Les comportements parentaux (contrôle et sollicitation) ne viennent pas modérer l’influence négative des amis. Cependant, la propension du jeune à divulguer spontanément de l’information à ses parents modère l’influence négative des amis. En effet, chez les jeunes qui divulguent peu, les comportements antisociaux des amis ne permettent pas de prédire le développement des comportements antisociaux deux ans plus tard. Ces jeunes présentent un niveau de comportements antisociaux systématiquement plus élevé, et ce, indépendamment du niveau de comportements antisociaux des amis. Chez les jeunes plus enclins à se confier à leurs parents, les comportements antisociaux des amis sont alors positivement associés au développement ultérieur des comportements antisociaux.Friendships with delinquent peers during adolescence can foster the development of antisocial behaviour. Through the processes of selection and socialization, friends influence each other significantly, to the point that the friends’ level of antisocial behaviour can predict an increase in the adolescent’s antisocial behaviour. Parental supervision can reduce peers’ negative influence. This longitudinal study aims to examine the respective contributions of delinquent peers’ influence and three components of parental supervision (parental control, parental solicitation and child’s disclosure) on the development of antisocial behaviour at the beginning of adolescence among 623 students between 12 and 14 years old. It also aims to measure to what extent these components of parental supervision moderate the influence of antisocial peers in predicting the subsequent development of antisocial behaviour. The hierarchical regression analysis indicate that peers’ antisocial behaviour, as well as the components of parental supervision, contribute in a unique and independent way to predict the subsequent development of antisocial behaviour. Furthermore, adolescents who report a higher level of parental control, and who are more likely to freely disclose information to their parents, manifest less antisocial behaviour two years later. On the other hand, adolescents who report a higher level of parental solicitation manifest more antisocial behaviour two years later. Parental behaviour (control and solicitation) do not moderate the negative influence of peers, whereas adolescents’ tendency to disclose spontaneously information to their parents moderates the peers’ negative influence. Indeed, for adolescents reporting a lower level of disclosure, their peers’ antisocial behaviour cannot predict the development of their own antisocial behaviour two years later. These youths manifest a level of antisocial behaviour which is systematically higher, independently of their peers’ level of delinquency. For the adolescents who disclose more to their parents, peers’ antisocial behaviour are positively associated to the future development of their own antisocial behaviour.
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Ahmadi, Shamila. "The relationship between parental practices and suicidal behaviors in Québec adolescents." Thèse, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/3552.
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Cette thèse examine les liens entre la présence de risques suicidaires chez les adolescents et leur perception des pratiques de chacun de leurs parents. L’étude a examiné l’association entre le comportement suicidaire et différents aspects des pratiques parentales incluant l’affection, l’exercice du contrôle comportemental et psychologique ainsi que les conflits entre parent et adolescents. La thèse a également examiné l’effet du statut matrimonial des parents sur le comportement suicidaire chez les jeunes. Le dernier objectif de l’étude a été d’explorer le rôle du sexe de l’adolescent comme facteur de vulnérabilité face au suicide. L’échantillon de l’étude était composé 1096 adolescents Montréalais, âgés de 11 à 18 ans. L’échantillon était également réparti entre filles et garçons, fréquentant deux écoles secondaires de la région de Montréal, dans la province du Québec au Canada. Il y avait deux groupes à l’étude : le groupe suicidaire et le groupe non-suicidaire. Le premier groupe incluait les sujets présentant des idéations suicidaires et ceux ayant fait une ou plusieurs tentatives de suicide. Un questionnaire auto-rapporté fut administré à chaque sujet pour évaluer les dimensions suivantes auprès de la mère et du père : le niveau de proximité affective, le niveau de supervision parentale, le contrôle comportemental et le contrôle psychologique, la tolérance à l’égard des amis, ainsi que la fréquence et l’impact émotionnel des conflits. Une échelle a également évalué la présence éventuelle de comportements suicidaires chez les jeunes. Dans le but de tester l’hypothèse de base de l’étude, une série d’analyses descriptives et une MANCOVA ont été réalisées. L’hypothèse générale de la thèse postulant que les adolescents ayant des risques suicidaires présenteraient des relations plus problématiques avec leurs parents fut confirmée. En contrôlant l’effet de la détresse psychologique des adolescents, les analyses ont mené à la conclusion que, dans les familles biparentales, un faible niveau de proximité affective avec la mère, une fréquence plus élevée de conflits avec la mère, un excès du contrôle psychologique et un plus faible niveau de supervision maternelle, présentaient des liens significatifs avec le comportement suicidaire chez les adolescents. Indépendamment de la structure familiale, les caractéristiques suivantes du père étaient respectivement perçues par l’adolescent comme ayant des liens significatifs avec le comportement suicidaire des adolescents: faible proximité affective, impact émotionnel et fréquence élevée des conflits ainsi que le manque de supervision. Ces résultats ont été interprétés à la lumière des théories de la socialisation qui mettent l’accent sur le rôle central de la qualité des liens affectifs entre parents et adolescents, comme facteur de protection contre les risques suicidaires. Les résultats ont aussi révélé que les filles adolescentes sont plus exposées aux risques suicidaires tels que tentatives et idéations suicidaires. Les conclusions de cette étude soulignent le besoin urgent de recherches plus poussées sur le comportement suicidaire des adolescents et leurs liens avec les facteurs familiaux, en tenant compte du statut matrimonial des parents. La thèse met également l’accent sur la nécessité de mettre en place des programmes de prévention auprès des adolescents présentant des risques suicidaires élevés.Abstract This thesis explores the relationship between the risk of suicidal behaviour in adolescents and their perception of parental practices used in their families. This study is primarily aimed at investigating the association between suicidal behavior in a Montreal sample of adolescents and several aspects of their parents’ parental practices including parent-child bonding, parental psychological and behavioral control, and parent- adolescent conflict. The second goal of this thesis was to examine the effect of parents’ marital status on adolescents’ suicidal behavior. The final objective of this study was to explore the link between gender difference and vulnerability to suicidal behavior in adolescents. The participants of this study included 1096 Montréal high school students, aged between 11 and 18 years, equally divided in boys and girls, in the province of Québec, Canada. There were two groups involved in this study: non suicidal and suicidal behavior. The suicidal behavior group included both suicidal ideation and suicide attempt behaviors. A self-report questionnaire was administrated to evaluate the level of parent and child bonding, the quality of parental psychological and behavioral control, and the level of adolescent’s conflict with each of the parents and risk of suicide in young individuals. A series of descriptive analysis and a multivariate analysis of covariant (MANCOVA) was performed in order to test the hypotheses of the study. The general hypotheses of the study postulating that adolescents who perceived a more troubled relationship with their parents, were at a higher risk of suicidal behaviors were confirmed. The evaluation of parental practices characteristics after being controlled for psychological distress and family structure concluded that in the case of intact families the high emotional impact and frequency of conflict with the mother, lack of maternal emotional bonding, excess of maternal psychological control, and lack of maternal supervision are significantly related to adolescents’ suicidal behaviors. In both families structures, the strongest significant characteristics of paternal parental practices perceived by adolescents with suicidal behavior was the lack of emotional bonding between father and child, the high impact and frequency of conflict between them, and lack of paternal supervision respectively. These results are interpreted in the light of socialization theory which emphasizes on the crucial role of the quality of the parent- adolescent bonding as a protective factor against suicidality in adolescents. The result also revealed that adolescent girls are at a higher risk of demonstrating suicidal behaviors such as ideation and attempt than boys. The findings of this study demonstrate an urgent need for more research on adolescent’s suicidal behavior and risk factors especially on parents’ marital status. The study also highlights the necessity of designing prevention programs specifically aimed at adolescents with an elevated risk of suicide.
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Gagné, Julie. "L'association entre la psychopathie et les pratiques parentales dans une population non criminelle." Thèse, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/3882.
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La présente thèse avait pour but d’étudier les liens qui existaient entre la psychopathie du parent et les pratiques parentales utilisées. L’échantillon était composé de 65 parents francophones, hommes ou femmes, ayant au moins un enfant âgé entre 6 et 10 ans. Les parents ont été rencontrés à leur domicile, à l’école de leur enfant ou dans un organisme communautaire. Le Self Report Psychopathy Scale R12-III (Paulhus, Hemphill & Hare, sous presse) a été traduit en français pour la présente étude afin de mesurer la psychopathie du parent. La version francophone de l’Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Pauzé & al., 2004) a été utilisée pour mesurer cinq pratiques parentales : les pratiques éducatives positives, le manque de supervision, l’engagement, la discipline incohérente et les punitions corporelles. La version francophone de l’échelle de désirabilité sociale abrégée de Marlowe-Crowe (Crowe-Marlowe, 1960) a été jointe aux deux autres questionnaires (Bergeron, Valla & Breton, 1992). Des régressions simples ont été effectuées entre le score global de psychopathie et chacune des cinq pratiques parentales énumérées ci-dessus. Ensuite, des régressions multiples ont été exécutées afin de vérifier quel était le meilleur facteur de la psychopathie pouvant prédire chaque pratique parentale. Les résultats ont montré que la psychopathie était associée négativement de façon significative aux pratiques éducatives positives et à l’engagement. Un lien significatif positif a été soulevé entre la psychopathie et l’utilisation des punitions corporelles. Les analyses secondaires ont démontré que le facteur interpersonnel de la psychopathie expliquait une proportion significative des pratiques éducatives positives. Le facteur antisocial a prédit, quant à lui, une petite partie significative de l’engagement au-delà de l’explication fournie par la désirabilité sociale. Le style de vie du psychopathe a contribué à une proportion significative de l’explication de la variance des punitions corporelles. Il semblerait pertinent d’intervenir le plus tôt possible auprès du parent et de l’enfant afin d’éviter que les mauvaises pratiques et les traits psychopathes ne se répètent dans les générations futures. Des méthodes d’intervention ont été suggérées. Les forces et les faiblesses de l’étude ont été discutées.The goal of the present thesis was to evaluate the associations between parental psychopathy and parenting methods. A total of sixty-five French parents, male or female, having at least one child between the ages of 6 and 10 year old, participated in the study. Parents were met at home, at their child’s school or in a community center. Parental psychopathy was measured by the Self Report Psychopathy Scale R12-III (Paulhus, Hemphill & Hare, sous presse) that had been translated into French for the purpose of the study. The French version of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Pauzé & al., 2004) was used to assess positive reinforcement, lack of parental monitoring, parental involvement, consistency in applying discipline and corporal punishment. Social desirability was assessed using the French version of the short form of the Marlowe-Crowe (Crowe-Marlowe, 1960) scale (Bergeron, Valla & Breton, 1992). Regressions between psychopathy and parenting practices were used to explore the associations. Multiple regressions were used to examine if one of the four psychopathy factors could predict educational methods. Psychopathy was negatively associated with positive reinforcement and involvement. Psychopathy was related positively with corporal punishment. Of the four factors of psychopathy, the interpersonal dimension accounted for a significant explanation of positive reinforcement. The antisocial factor account for a significant incremental of the involvement variance after social desirability was controlled. Life style seemed to explain a significant account of corporal punishment. The results suggested that it would be important to take action as early as possible towards the parent and the child to prevent the transmission of less effective parenting methods and psychopathic traits in the future generations. Suggestions of interventions were made and the strengths and limitations of the study were discussed.
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Wanda, Innocent Bhekani. "Parental supervision and learners' academic achievement in rural Secondary Schools." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/83.
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UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND, 2007This study is about rural parents who are expected to participate in some of the activities and programmes of rural secondary schools. This is a questionable expectation because rural parents are mostly illiterate, i.e. they cannot read and write. This study revealed that the Department of Education is not doing enough to empower and enlighten rural parents in terms of skills investment This lack of support to rural communities is difficult to understand, as their plight and predicament is known to the Department of Education. Rural secondary learners have suffered a tremendous loss due to this lack of commitment. Rural secondary schools do not have sufficient teaching and learning aids that can enhance the teaching and learning process in rural secondary schools. It is recommended that the Department of Education's officials should visit rural secondary schools more often in order to address issues pertaining to these schools' infrastructures and parental involvement. Parental supervision should be established in each rural secondary school to optimise the learners' academic achievement. The school management teams (SMTs) should also welcome and assist with parental involvement. This study further revealed that subject advisors seldom visit rural secondary schools to review and monitor the learning and teaching process. It is recommended that subject advisors should visit each rural secondary school quarterly, i.e. once in every three months. Simultaneously, Superintendents of Education Management (SEMs) should workshop the school governing bodies (SGBs) of their duties at schools. Superintendents of Education Management are recommended to often visit rural secondary schools as "developers" and not as "judges". They should not only visit schools when there are problems, but also on ad hoc basis to ensure that the culture of teaching and learning is intact.
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Andrade, Maria da Conceição Braga Vieira de. "Supervisão parental numa perspectiva de segurança infantil." Doctoral thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6900.
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Doutoramento em Motricidade Humana na especialidade de Comportamento MotorEsta dissertação aborda a supervisão parental numa perspectiva de segurança infantil. O percurso da tese inclui a tradução, adaptação e validação de um dos instrumentos mais divulgados para estudar a supervisão parental: o Parental Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ)(Morrongiello & House, 2004; Morrongiello & Corbett, 2006). Foi feita a tradução, adaptação cultural e validação do instrumento e medida de supervisão parental e estudou-se o efeito de literacia no processo de validação deste instrumento, verificando-se aspetos culturais específicos da cultura portuguesa. A versão portuguesa do PSAPQ foi aplicada para caracterizar os perfis determinantes de supervisão de cuidadores portugueses. Os resultados mostram que os perfis proteção e supervisão variam com o nível de escolaridade, idade e género dos pais e que parentalidade influencia os perfis de supervisão.Esta dissertação apresenta a primeira validação do questionário PSAPQ em língua não inglesa e alerta para a importância dos efeitos das diferenças socioculturais e de literacia entre as populações de origem e populações, onde os questionários serão adaptados. De entre os estudos apresentados, dois centraram-se na investigação sobre as lesões infantis. Um dos estudos analisou a relação entre o perfil de supervisão e o perfil de lesões em crianças de 1 a 5 anos de idade, tendo verificado que o perfil de supervisão está associado ao tipo de lesão e contexto. O outro estudo focou a influência dos atributos da criança e da família nas lesões, apontando mais lesões medicamente assistidas nas famílias numerosas e menos pequenas lesões e lesões medicamente assistidas em famílias com 3 pessoas.
ABSTRACT: This dissertation addresses parental supervision in a child safety perspective. The translation, adaptation and validation of the Parental Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ) (Morrongiello & House, 2004; Morrongiello & Corbett, 2006 was made. The PSAPQ is one of the most well Known international instruments to evaluate parental supervision. Subsequent to the translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the instrument, the effects of literacy in the validation process were assessed and the influence of specific aspects of the Portuguese culture were verified. The Portuguese version of PSAPQ was applied to characterize the profiles and supervision determinants of Portuguese caregivers. The results indicate that the protectiveness and supervision profiles vary with the level of education, age and gender of the parents and that parenting influences the profiles of supervision. This dissertation presents the first validation of the questionnaire PSAPQ in a non-English speaking country and highlights the importance of the effects of literacy and sociocultural differences between the original sample and other populations to which questionnaires are adapted. Two of the presented studies focused on childhood injuries research. One study examined the relationship between the profile of supervision and the injury profile of 1 to 5-year-old children, finding that the profile of supervision is related to the type of lesion and to the context. The other study focused on the influence of the attributes of the child and of the family in injuries, pointing out more medically assisted injuries in large families and fewer injuries small and medically assisted in families with 3 people.
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Johnson, Sabine N. "Is parental knowledge of water safety related to parental supervision behaviour of young children in and around the water? /." 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR38788.
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Thesis (M.Sc.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Kinesiology and Health Science.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-69). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR38788
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Carvalho, Francisco André Machado Lima de. "A avaliação motora de crianças dos 3 aos 5 anos: influência do perfil de supervisão e das habilitações académicas parentais." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10348/7551.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Educação Física, Especialização em Desenvolvimento da CriançaO Desenvolvimento é um processo complexo onde ocorrem alterações em todos os domínios do indivíduo (Rodrigues, Saraiva, & Gabbard, 2005). Por ser um processo complexo e diferenciado, têm vindo a ser estudado pelas diferentes áreas, mas sabe-se que o Desenvolvimento Motor influencia significativamente o desenvolvimento afetivo, social e cognitivo (Fonseca, 2007). Tendo assim o Desenvolvimento Motor um papel preponderante na vida da criança, têm vindo a ser investigados os diversos fatores que o influenciam. Destes fatores destacam-se os fatores ambientais, como as habilitações academicas dos pais, as condições socio-economicas, as affordances, sendo todos estes fatores relativos ao ambiente familiar. O ambiente familiar pode ser favorecedor do Desenvolvimento ou inibidor da aquisição de competências. Para tal, foram realizados dois estudos transversais: o primeiro que visa compreender a relação do Perfil de Supervisão Parental com o Desenvolvimento Motor de crianças dos 3 aos 5 anos de idade. O Segundo estudo pretende verificar a relação do Desenvolvimento Motor de crianças dos 3 aos 5 anos com as habilitações académicas dos pais e com a frequência com que brinca na rua. No primeiro estudo, verificamos que existe relação entre o QMG e a Proteção (p=0,04*) e a Tolerância (p=0,02*). Quanto às subescalas postura e manipulação de objetos observou-se uma relação muito significativa com a tolerância (p=0,003** e 0,01**, respetivamente). Ainda neste estudo, o QMF obteve uma relação estatisticamente significativa com a supervisão (p=0,04*). No segundo estudo, verificamos uma relação estatisticamente significativa entre as habilitações académicas do pai com o brincar na rua (p=0,001**) bem como as habilitações académicas da mãe com a postura (p=0,007**). Com a realização destes estudos, concluímos que os pais devem ser mais tolerantes para promover a exploração espontânea de atividades motoras e assim potencializar o desenvolvimento motor global. Verificamos que a escolaridade da mãe parece relacionar estatisticamente com o comportamento postural e a escolaridade do pai tende a influenciar a frequência com que as crianças brincam e exploram os espaços exteriores.
The development is a complex process where changes occur in all areas of the individual (Rodrigues, Scott, & Gabbard, 2005). Being a complex and differentiated process, they have been studied by different areas, but it is known that the Development Engine significantly influences the emotional, social and cognitive development (Fonseca, 2007). thus having the Motor Development a leading role in the child's life have been investigated several factors that influence it. These factors include environmental factors such as academic qualifications of parents, the socio-economic conditions, the affordances, all of these factors related to family environment. The family environment may be favoring the development inhibitor or skills acquisition. For this, two cross-sectional studies were conducted: the first aimed at understanding the Parental Supervision profile relationship with the Motor Development of children from 3 to 5 years old. The second study aims to verify the development of the relationship children Engine 3 to 5 years with the educational qualifications of parents and how often you play in the street. In the first study, we found that there is a relationship between the MGQ and protection (p = 0.04 *) and tolerance (p = 0.02 *). As for the subscales posture and manipulation of objects we observed a significant relationship with the tolerance (p = 0.003 ** and 0.01 **, respectively). In the same study, QMF showed a statistically significant relationship with the supervision (p = 0.04 *). In the second study, we found a statistically significant relationship between the father's academic qualifications with play in the street (p = 0.001 **) as well as the educational attainment of the mother with the posture (p = 0.007 **). With these studies, we concluded that parents should be more tolerant to promote spontaneous exploration of motor activities and thus enhance the overall motor development. We found that the mother's education seems to relate statistically to the postural behavior and father's education tends to influence the frequency with which children play and explore the outdoors.