Chinese parents' school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A smooth transition to primary school is positively related to children's later school experience. Certain parental school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles, among other factors, contribute to the smoothness of this transition.

Methods

Therefore, this study adopted a latent profile analysis to examine the patterns of Chinese parents' school-readiness beliefs and their parenting styles and investigated socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in both. Two-stage probability sampling method is adopted in this study and a total of 1,204 Chinese parents of 5- to 6 years-old children were investigated with school-readiness beliefs scale, Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire, as well as scale of attitudes regarding roles in school readiness All data analy

SUBMITTER: Cui S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803651 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature