Examining Socio-Cultural and Neighborhood Factors Associated with Trajectories of Mexican-Origin Mothers' Education-Related Involvement

Overview

Journal J Youth Adolesc

Specialties Pediatrics
Psychology
Social Sciences

Date 2017 Jan 5

PMID 28050689

Citations 3

Authors

Sakshi Bhargava

Mayra Y Bamaca-Colbert

Dawn P Witherspoon

Eva M Pomerantz

Richard W Robins

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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; M of child at Wave 1=10.4, SD = 0.60), we examined trajectories of parental involvement from 5 to 11 grade 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 5 grade and predicted changes in involvement across elementary and high school.

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