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Publication Date: 2012-Aug
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Mamakind or Papakind? [Mom's Child or Dad's Child]: Parent-Specific Patterns in Early Adolescents' Intergenerational Academic Value Transmission
Gniewosz, Burkhard; Noack, Peter
Learning and Individual Differences, v22 n4 p544-548 Aug 2012
The present study investigates the intergenerational transmission of the valuing of math within family. We tested if there are groups of students showing differential intergenerational transmission patterns. Based on a two-wave longitudinal sample of 1198 German fifth graders, their mothers (N = 874), and fathers (N = 733), structural equation mixture models showed two groups of students. In the first group, only the mothers' valuing of math predicted the students' own values in this domain, while in the other group the fathers' valuing of math was the only significant predictor. Parental school involvement and parenting styles were ruled out as causes for this pattern. Dyad gender composition, however, predicted group membership. The results are discussed in terms of parent and student characteristics affecting patterns in intergenerational values transmission. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Group Membership, Mothers, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles, Grade 5, Student Characteristics, Fathers, Mathematics Skills, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Prediction, Structural Equation Models, Parent School Relationship, Values, Parent Child Relationship, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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