Family Structure,Parental Involvement,and Academic Motivation in Latino Adolescents |
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| Authors: | Carolyn S Henry Scott W Plunkett Tovah Sands |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Human Development and Family Science , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater , Oklahoma , USA carolyn.henry@okstate.edu;3. Department of Psychology , California State University , Northridge , California , USA;4. Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling , California State University , Northridge , California , USA |
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| Abstract: | Self-report data from 594 Latino adolescents about parental involvement (general support, monitoring, academic support, and educational aspirations) and academic motivation were examined across three family structures (intact, stepfather, single-mother/nonresident involved father). Significant differences were found in fathers' but not mothers' involvement depending on the family structure. Dominance analyses showed that the form of mothers' involvement that explained the most unique variance in academic motivation follows: monitoring for youth in intact and single-mother/nonresident involved father families and academic support for youth in stepfather families. The form of fathers' involvement that explained the greatest unique variance in academic motivation follows: monitoring for youth in intact families, academic support for youth in stepfather families, and academic aspirations for youth in single-mother/nonresidential involved father families. |
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| Keywords: | academic motivation academic support adolescent educational aspirations family structure Latino monitoring support |
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