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Family Functioning and Learning Engagement of Junior High School Students in Rural China: The Mediating Effect of Academic Self-Efficacy
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Qi, Wenhui; Qin, Yuyou; Sang, Guoyuan; Wang, Ning – Educational Psychology, 2023
This study examined academic self-efficacy as a mediator in the relationship between family functioning and learning engagement by constructing a structural equation model. The participants were 817 students from public junior high schools in rural China. The data were collected by measuring family functioning, academic self-efficacy, and learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Public Schools, Rural Schools
Parental Emotion Socialization, Emotion Regulation and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescence: The Role of Family Cohesion
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Jennifer Hu; Ting Zhou; Zheng Huang – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
This study explored the effect of parental emotion socialization behavior (ESB) on depressive symptoms with a focus on the mediating effect of emotion regulation and the moderating role of family cohesion. A total of 236 Chinese adolescents were surveyed and reported on parental ESB, family cohesion, emotion dysregulation, and depressive symptoms.…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response, Socialization, Family Environment
Short-Video Platform and Intrinsic Motivation of Rural Adolescents: A Comparative Case Study on Two Chinese Middle School Classes
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Sun, Mengting; Meng, Shuxin – Youth & Society, 2023
In tracing two Chinese rural middle school classes for 3 years, this study found the positive impact of adopting the algorithm-based mobile short video platform Douyin on rural adolescents' intrinsic motivation. The application's broad adoption has reshaped the social processes supporting adolescent users' intrinsic motivation and spontaneous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Student Motivation
Family Socioeconomic Status, Parental Expectations, and Adolescents' Academic Achievements: A Case of China
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Long, Haiying; Pang, Weiguo – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2016
This study examines direct and indirect effects of family socioeconomic status (SES) and parental expectations on adolescents' mathematics and problem-solving achievement in mainland China. SES here is composed of family wealth, home educational resources, and parental education. Over 5,000 ninth-grade students in 5 geographical districts of China…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Parent Aspiration, Grade 9, Parent Background
Health Shocks and Children's School Attainments in Rural China
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Sun, Ang; Yao, Yang – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Using a long panel dataset of Chinese farm households covering the period of 1987-2002, this paper studies how major health shocks happening to household adults affect children's school attainments. We find that primary school-age children are the most vulnerable to health shocks, with their chances to enter middle school dropping by 9.9…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Birth Order, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas
Internet Use among Middle School Students in School and at Home: What Can We Learn from a U.S.-China Comparison?
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Lei, Jing; Zhou, Jingye; Wang, Qiu – Computers in the Schools, 2009
Based on data collected from middle school students in a U.S. school (N = 159) and a Chinese school (N = 183), this study compared Internet use in school and at home between American students and Chinese students, explored what affected students' use of the Internet, and examined how students' Internet use related to their learning. Results reveal…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Internet