Understanding Parental Educational Involvement: The Roles of Parental General and Child-Specific School Readiness Beliefs.

ABSTRACT: Making a smooth transition to the K-12 (kindergarten through Grade 12) classroom context sets the stage for academic success throughout the life course. Parents' early education-related behaviors are linked with children's adjustment, yet less is known about how parental school readiness beliefs motivate parenting practices at this educational transition. We investigated the associations between parental school readiness beliefs (general and child-specific) following the transition to kindergarten and parents' involvement the following year. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten 2011 cohort (N = 9,790), general school readiness beliefs and child-specific academic and behavioral competency beliefs were associated with school-based involvement in first gr

SUBMITTER: Boyle AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860271 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature