Parents' influence on children's achievement-related perceptions.
Two aspects of the relation between parents' perceptions of their children and children's self- and task perceptions in math and English were investigated: (a) the mediating role of parents' perceptions between grades and adolescents' self-perceptions and (b) the gendered nature of parents' perceptions. Data for this study are part of a longitudinal investigation (the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions). Data from 914 sixth-grade adolescents and their parents are used in this article. Results showed that parents' perceptions mediate the relation between children's grades and children's self- and task perceptions in both domains. Parents' perceptions had a stronger influence on children's perceptions than children's own grades. Significant but low correlations between gender and self- and task perceptions were found in both math and English.
Frome
P M
PM
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48106-1248, USA. pfrome@umich.edu
Eccles
J S
JS
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012951:Socialization; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*