ERIC Number: EJ1115340
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attitudes in Chinese American Families: Interplay of Socioeconomic Status and Acculturation
Shen, Yishan; Kim, Su Yeong; Wang, Yijie
Child Development, v87 n5 p1601-1616 Sep-Oct 2016
This longitudinal study examined the influence of parents' educational attitudes on adolescents' educational attitudes and identified antecedents (i.e., parent education, family income, and parent acculturation), consequences (i.e., academic achievement and engagement), and a potential moderator (i.e., adolescent acculturation) of the transmission process. The sample was 444 Chinese American mothers, fathers, and adolescents (12-15 at W1). Using path analysis, this study found significant two-way interactions among parent education, income, and acculturation in predicting parents' concurrent positive educational attitudes, which, in turn, predicted adolescents' attitudes at W2. The latter link was further moderated by W1 and W2 adolescent acculturation for mother-adolescent and father-adolescent dyads. Adolescents' positive educational attitudes at W2, in turn, were positively associated with their concurrent academic achievement and engagement.
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Parent Attitudes, Adolescents, Educational Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Educational Attainment, Family Income, Acculturation, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement, Chinese Americans, Path Analysis, Interaction, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 5R03HD05162902; 5R24HD04284914