This quantitative synthesis of 448 independent studies including 480,830 families revealed
small positive associations (rs=. 13 to. 23) between parents' naturally occurring involvement …

In this chapter we review theoretical and empirical advances in research on adolescent
development in interpersonal and societal contexts. First, we identify several trends in …

Early adolescence is often marked by changes in school context, family relationships, and
developmental processes. In the context of these changes, academic performance often …

Linear structural equation modeling has become an indispensable methodology for
specifying, estimating, and testing hypothesized interrelationships among a set of …

This study examined the process of how socioeconomic status, specifically parents'
education and income, indirectly relates to children's academic achievement through …

This study of 422 two-caregiver African American families, each with a 10–11-year-old focal
child (54% girls), evaluated the applicability of the family stress model of economic hardship …

A key goal of much educational policy is to help parents become involved in children's
academic lives. The focus of such efforts, as well as much of the extant research, has …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a pervasive predictor of child development; parenting is a
large part of the reason why. This chapter deals with a historical introduction to research on …

The aim of this chapter is to specify the characteristics and processes of parent-child
relationships that sustain the centrality of the family amid the extensive changes of …

This research examined parents' involvement in children's learning in the United States and
China. Beginning in seventh grade, 825 American and Chinese children (mean age= 12.74 …