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Parental involvement, children's aspirations, and achievement in new immigrant families

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  • Eunjoo Jung
  • Yue Zhang

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The authors investigated the relationships among multiple aspects of parental involvement (English proficiency, school involvement, control and monitoring of children), children's aspirations, and achievement in new immigrant families in the United States. They used data on immigrant parents and school-age children (N = 1,255) from the New Immigrant Survey to examine immigrant families from diverse backgrounds. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that parental English proficiency and involvement in school education are related to children's academic achievement, cognitive development, and English language ability, directly as well as indirectly, through children's educational aspirations. Parental control and monitoring is not beneficial to immigrant children's cognitive development, although variations were found across different groups. They also observed intriguing findings regarding gender and racial or ethnic diversity. Based on their findings, they provide recommendations for the fostering of academic success and the design and implementation of educational programs and practices for immigrant children.

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  • Eunjoo Jung & Yue Zhang, 2016. "Parental involvement, children's aspirations, and achievement in new immigrant families," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 109(4), pages 333-350, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:109:y:2016:i:4:p:333-350
    DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2014.959112
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    1. Wanyonyi Wanjala & Dr. Demtilla Wanjala & Dr. Tecla Kirwa, 2022. "An Assessment of The Influence of Home Based Parental Engagement in Support of Academic Programs on Students’ Academic Performance," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 6(12), pages 584-591, December.
    2. Elif Gizem Ugurlu, 2018. "Mediatized Child Characters," European Journal of Social Sciences Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 1, September.
    3. Li, Xuefeng & Yang, Han & Wang, Hui & Jia, Jin, 2020. "Family socioeconomic status and home-based parental involvement: A mediation analysis of parental attitudes and expectations," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    4. Benuto, Lorraine T. & Casas, Jena B. & Gonzalez, Frances R. & Newlands, Rory T., 2018. "Being an undocumented child immigrant," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 198-204.

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