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Mokrova, Irina L.; O'Brien, Marion; Calkins, Susan D.; Leerkes, Esther M.; Marcovitch, Stuart – Infant and Child Development, 2012
Children who develop persistence in the preschool years are likely to function more effectively during the transition into school. In this study of 231 3-year-old children and their mothers, we examined the relations among family social status, maternal values of self-direction, quality of parenting, and children's persistence in challenging…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Academic Persistence, Social Status, Mothers
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Diemer, Matthew A.; Li, Cheng-Hsien – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Low-income youths enroll at postsecondary institutions less frequently, drop out more often, are less likely to return after dropping out, and are less likely to attain a postsecondary degree than their more affluent peers. It is therefore important to understand how low-income youths develop the capacity to persist in the postsecondary setting.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Minority Groups, Low Income, Structural Equation Models
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Mena, Jasmine A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2011
Home-based parental involvement practices (i.e., educational encouragement, monitoring, and support) and their impact on students' academic persistence were investigated with a sample of 137, ninth-grade Latino students in a northeast high school. Structural Equation Modeling results indicate that the relationship between home-based parental…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Academic Persistence, Parent Participation