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Wang, Yiji; Deng, Ciping; Yang, Xiangdong – School Psychology International, 2016
Parental involvement in children's education is a critical factor associated with children's socio-emotional and educational outcomes. However, low parental involvement occurs more often among economically disadvantaged families. It is unclear what mechanisms may explain the association between family economic status and parents' educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Income, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Participation
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Quiroga, Cintia V.; Janosz, Michel; Bisset, Sherri; Morin, Alexandre J. S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Research on adolescent well-being has shown that students with depression have an increased risk of facing academic failure, yet few studies have looked at the implications of adolescent depression in the process of school dropout. This study examined mediation processes linking depression symptoms, self-perceived academic competence, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropouts, Well Being, Adolescents
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Murayama, Kou; Pekrun, Reinhard; Lichtenfeld, Stephanie; vom Hofe, Rudolf – Child Development, 2013
This research examined how motivation (perceived control, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation), cognitive learning strategies (deep and surface strategies), and intelligence jointly predict long-term growth in students' mathematics achievement over 5 years. Using longitudinal data from six annual waves (Grades 5 through 10;…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gains, Cognitive Processes, Learning Strategies
Clemons, Trudy L. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among students' self-perception, attitudes toward school, study and organizational skills, achievement motivation, attributional style, gender, parental involvement and style, parental income and parental level of education, and students' academic performance or achievement. Using…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Grade Point Average