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Maternal Parenting and Teaching Strategies: Relations with Children's Academic Competence
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Bucci Liddy, Colleen M.; Brumariu, Laura E.; Diaconu-Gherasim, Loredana R.; Hunter, Dietra M. – Educational Studies, 2023
We evaluated whether maternal parenting strategies (maternal achievement-oriented control and maternal monitoring) and maternal teaching strategies are related to children's academic competence in middle childhood. We also assessed whether the relations of maternal parenting strategies with children's academic competence are mediated by maternal…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Academic Achievement, Parents as Teachers
The Role of Mothers in Supporting Adaptation in School: A Psychological Needs Perspective
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Ratelle, Catherine F.; Duchesne, Stéphane; Litalien, David; Plamondon, André – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
School is where adolescents spend the largest share of their waking time. The present study focused on the factors that contribute to students' adjustment to school from a self-determination perspective. We tested the predictive value of parental behaviors (autonomy support, structure, and involvement) on the different dimensions of school…
Descriptors: Mothers, Student Needs, Parent Role, Adolescents
Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Social and School Adjustment: The Moderating Roles of Age and Parenting
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Kawabata, Yoshito; Tseng, Wan-Ling; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
This study examined the associations between symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and social and school adjustment (academic performance, peer relationships, school social problems) and the moderating roles of children's age and maternal parenting (affection and overprotection) in these associations. The sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Psychological Needs, Academic Achievement, Child Rearing
Employment and Achievement: Mothers' Work Involvement in Relation to Children's Achievement Behaviors and Mothers' Parenting Behaviors.
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Goldberg, Wendy A.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined mothers' total weekly work hours and psychological work involvement in relation to children's achievement behaviors and mothers' parenting. Subjects were 105 middle-class children and their mothers. Results indicated that high numbers of weekly work hours were associated with poorer teacher ratings of children's grades, school work…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Employed Parents
Maternal Employment and Children's Academic Achievement: Parenting Styles as Mediating Variable.
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Beyer, Sylvia – Developmental Review, 1995
Provides a review and integration of findings on the effects of parenting styles and maternal employment on children's academic achievement. Presents a model in which it is argued that maternal employment status has little, if any, direct effect on children's academic achievement. Suggests maternal employment affects parenting styles, which in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Rearing, Children, Employed Women
Maternal Employment and Adolescent Girls.
Abbott, Barbara L. – 1991
This study explored the effects of maternal employment status on 63 adolescent girls in the areas of: (1) academic achievement; (2) satisfaction with family life and with emotional support from peers and adults; (3) mother-child communication; and (4) mothers' and daughters' perception of family adaptability and cohesion. A brief review of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Daughters, Employed Parents