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Smetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 1995
Reports of parenting styles were assessed in 100 mostly white, middle-class, 6th, 8th, and 10th graders and their parents. Adolescents viewed their parents as more permissive and more authoritarian than parents viewed themselves, whereas parents viewed themselves as more authoritative than did adolescents. Differences were primarily over the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Middle Class Parents, Middle Class Students
Carrying the Beacon of Excellence: Social Class Differentiation and Anxiety at a Time of Transition.

Lucey, Helen; Reay, Diane – Journal of Education Policy, 2002
Examines ways in which current United Kingdom school-choice policies interact with parental pressures on their children to achieve excellence and how these pressures affect the emotional health of their middle- and working-class children as they make the transition from primary to secondary school. Finds serious emotional consequences (exam…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Brantlinger, Ellen Anderson – American Journal of Education, 1985
Interviews with low-income parents revealed that they were aware of the class character of local schools and believed that high-income schools were superior. Ninety-four percent favored social class school desegregation, believing that their children would thereby obtain a better education and better preparation for social interaction in adult…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Interviews
McKinnon, Jennifer; And Others – 1982
To determine whether preschool education benefits middle-class elementary school children, a study was conducted which compared the social, motor, and academic progress of kindergarten and elementary school children who had attended a Montessori preschool, another kind of preschool, or no preschool. The sample was chosen according to age,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary School Students, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
Petersen, Anne C. – 1986
A longitudinal study of early adolescents examined gender differences in attitude and behavior, as well as the effects of pubertal change, parental expectations, and parental support. It was hypothesized that sex differences would emerge during preadolescence and that males' and females' rates of change would be significantly different. Subjects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences