title: Examining Socio-Cultural and Neighborhood Factors Associated with Trajectories of Mexican-Origin Mothers' Education-Related Involvement.
abstract: Parental involvement in education is an important determinant of youth's academic success. Yet, there is limited knowledge on how Latino parents' education-related involvement changes over time. Using data from a longitudinal study of 674 Mexican-origin families (mother-adolescent dyad; Mageof child at Wave 1=10.4, SD = 0.60), we examined trajectories of parental involvement from 5thto 11thgrade and the effects of socio-cultural (e.g., family SES and acculturation) and contextual (e.g., neighborhood) factors on these trajectories. Results showed that mothers reduced two aspects of the educational involvement: home-based involvement and academic aspirations, but increased on a third aspect of involvement, resource seeking. Furthermore, family SES, acculturation, and neighborhood context were differentially associated with mothers' involvement at 5thgrade and predicted changes in involvement across elementary and high school.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 223 Moore Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. sub229@psu.edu.
authors.forename: Sakshi
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8170-8139
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 215 Health & Human Development, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Mayra Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Bámaca-Colbert
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 217 Moore Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Witherspoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 611 Psychology Bldg. 603 E. Daniel Street M/C 716, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
authors.forename: Eva M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Pomerantz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, 268H Young Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Robins
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008800:Mexico; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools; D012923:Social Class
keywords: Academic aspirations; Acculturation; Home-based involvement; Neighborhood; Resource seeking; Socioeconomic status