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Lin, Lynda C.; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Zheng, Lucy R.; Robins, Richard W. – Child Development, 2021
Although Latinx parents' perceptions of the climate of their children's schools may play a role in their children's academic adjustment, research examining this idea is sparse. Every 2 years beginning when children were in fifth grade (M[subscript age] = 10.86 years) until they were in 11th grade, Mexican-origin mothers (N = 674) reported on their…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Mothers, Mother Attitudes, Educational Environment
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Wei, Jun; Sze, Irene Nga-Lam; Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Pomerantz, Eva M. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
This research examined the idea that children's inferences about their parents' goals for them is a possible mechanism by which parents' responses to their children's performance contribute to children's psychological functioning. American (N = 447; M[subscript age] = 13.24 years; 49% girls; 95% European American) and Chinese (N = 439; M[subscript…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Responses, Parenting Styles
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Cheung, Cecilia Sin-Sze; Pomerantz, Eva M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
This research examined whether the benefits of parents' involvement in children's learning are due in part to value development among children. Four times over the 7th and 8th grades, 825 American and Chinese children (M age = 12.73 years) reported on their parents' involvement in their learning and their perceptions of the value their parents…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Parent Participation, Asians, North Americans
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Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Lam, Shui-fong – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The authors examined cultural differences in parents' responses to their children's performance. In Study 1 (N=421), Chinese 5th graders reported that their parents de-emphasized their academic success and emphasized their academic failure, whereas their American counterparts reported that their parents did the opposite. This partially accounted…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 4, Grade 5, Cultural Differences