title: Linking immigrant parents' educational expectations and aspirations to their children's school performance.
abstract: The authors examined the relationships of parental expectations and aspirations for their children's educational attainment to children's academic performance in school among 783 immigrant-origin children aged 5-18 years in Canada. The results of hierarchical regression analyses, after accounting for student and family background characteristics, indicated that immigrant parents' expectations and aspirations for their children's educational attainment were positively linked to immigrant-origin children's academic performance in school. Implications of these findings are briefly discussed.
authors.forename: Shaljan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Areepattamannil
authors.forename: Daphnee H L
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data