Unanticipated Educational Consequences of a Positive Parent-Child Relationship

If today there exists a single transcendent idea about the family-school connection, it is that a positive parent-child relationship improves children's chances of succeeding in school. However, using data from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project (N = 5,836), we demonstrate that, alt...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 2010-10, Vol.72 (5), p.1377-1390
Main Authors: López Turley, Ruth N., Desmond, Matthew, Bruch, Sarah K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adolescents
Biomedical data
Children
College Attendance
College bound students
college enrollment
College Preparation
college residence
College Students
Colleges
Educational Attainment
Educational enrolment
Educational evaluation
Educational Objectives
Educational Opportunities
Family Relations
Family School Relationship
High School Students
High schools
Higher Education
Housing
Language Acquisition
Longitudinal Studies
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Of General Interest
Outcomes of Education
Parent Child Relations
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Participation
Parents
Parents & parenting
Personal relationships
School enrollment
Sexuality. Marriage. Family relations
Social dynamics
Sociology
Sociology of education. Educational systems. Lifelong education
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Surveys
Texas
U.S.A
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Summary:If today there exists a single transcendent idea about the family-school connection, it is that a positive parent-child relationship improves children's chances of succeeding in school. However, using data from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project (N = 5,836), we demonstrate that, although positive parent-child relations are associated with better academic achievement in high school, they also are associated with an increased desire to live at home during college, which in turn decreases students ' chances of enrolling in a 4-year college. Furthermore, we replicated some of these associations using the National Longitudinal Study ojAdolescentHealth (N = 10,120), demonstrating that positive family dynamics can influence educational outcomes in potentially divergent and unanticipated directions.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00771.x