title: The association of punitive parenting practices and adolescent achievement.
abstract: This article uses a nationally representative dataset to investigate the extent to which academic-related parenting practices and the home environment during middle childhood (ages 11-13) predict achievement in late adolescence (N = 486; age range: 16-18 years). Results from path analyses indicated that parental endorsement of punitive strategies (e.g., lecture, punish, restrict activities) in response to academic underperformance during middle school predict lower literacy and math achievement 5 years later. In contrast, more cognitively stimulating homes predict higher literacy and math achievement 5 years later. Parenting practices and the home environment indicators, however, did not predict changes in achievement. Socioeconomic and race and ethnicity differences in parenting were also found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Pamela E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Davis-Kean
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011678:Punishment / Q000523:psychology*