Parental educational aspirations and children's academic self-concept: Disentangling state and trait components on their dynamic interplay.

ABSTRACT: The dynamic interplay of parental educational aspirations and children's academic self-concept was examined from late childhood through mid-adolescence within a transactional socialization framework. Parental and child data were gained from a representative Swiss sample within 3-year intervals (N_T1  = 1118; 51% females; 28% migration background; M_{age T1}  = 9.26, M_{age T2}  = 12.14, M_{age T3}  = 15.32). Results from a random intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed positive associations between the two constructs at the between- and within-person level. Findings showed general and time-specific associations between children and parents and reciprocal spill-over effects, whereby higher than usual aspirations predicted higher than usual academic self

SUBMITTER: Buchmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290651 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature