This article reviews psychological theory and research critical to understanding why parents
become involved in their children's elementary and secondary education. Three major …

This paper examines the motivational factors that influence parents' decisions to become
involved in the children's education by testing the first level of Hoover-Dempsey and …

We assert that the most important questions concerning parental involvement in children's
education address why parents choose to become involved and why their involvement, once …

Abstract In 1995 and 1997 Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler proposed a theoretical model of
the parental involvement process. Taking a psychological perspective, the model explained …

There is a sizable body of research literature supporting the involvement of parents in
educational settings and activities. Because the existing literature base on parent …

A decade ago, Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler offered a model of the parental involvement
process that focused on understanding why parents become involved in their children's …

Parent school involvement in children's education is associated with positive educational
outcomes. This association has prompted efforts to increase such involvement through …

This study had 2 goals. The first was to examine a multidimensional conceptualization of
parent involvement in children's schooling, defined as the allocation of resources to the …

Following a model suggesting that parental role construction fills specific functions in the
parental involvement process (Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler, 1995; in press), this study …

The current study evaluated the recent literature regarding schools' attempts to involve
parents in the education of their children. It chronicles programs describing the diverse …