ERIC Number: EJ1184825
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Publication Date: 2018
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The Role of Family Characteristics for Students' Academic Outcomes: A Person-Centered Approach
Häfner, Isabelle; Flunger, Barbara; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Gaspard, Hanna; Brisson, Brigitte M.; Nagengast, Benjamin; Trautwein, Ulrich
Child Development, v89 n4 p1405-1422 Jul-Aug 2018
Using data from 1,571 ninth-grade students (M[subscript age] = 14.62) from 82 academic track schools in Germany and their predominantly Caucasian middle-class parents, configurations of different family characteristics reported by parents were investigated. Latent profile analyses considering academic involvement, family interest, parents' self-concept, child's need for support, and parents' time and energy identified average, indifferent, motivated and engaged, motivated and disengaged, and involved families. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with students' motivational (self-concept, effort, and interest) and achievement outcomes (achievement test and grades) in math were analyzed. Students from families classified as motivated and disengaged showed higher initial levels motivation and achievement. Over 5 months, these students also showed an increase in self-concept and higher achievement than students from other family types.
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Grade 9, Foreign Countries, Parents, Self Concept, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Parent Student Relationship, Whites, Middle Class
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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