Parental Involvement as a Protective Factor in School Adjustment among Retained and Promoted Secondary Students

Cristina Serna and Isabel Martínez
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Cristina Serna: Departament of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Camino Nohales 4, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Isabel Martínez: Departament of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda de los Alfares 44, 16071 Cuenca, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 24, 1-16

Abstract: This study analyzes the relationship of parental involvement and school adjustment among secondary students considering their school integration, school satisfaction, and prosocial disposition. The analysis also considers academic performance through the grade retention. Study sample was 1043 Spanish adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years (51.5% girls, M = 14.21, SD = 1.38). A factorial (3x2x2x2) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was applied for the outcome variables of school integration, school satisfaction, and prosocial behavior, with parental educational involvement, grade retention, sex, and age as independent variables. The results show that both parental involvement and academic performance are positively related to school adjustment. In addition, parental involvement influences adolescents’ school adjustment, regardless of academic performance, being a protective factor in that adjustment.

Keywords: school adjustment; parental involvement; academic performance; prosocial behavior; school integration; school satisfaction; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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