Linking immigrant parents' educational expectations and aspirations to their children's school performance

Shaljan AREEPATTAMANNIL, Daphnee Hui Lin LEE

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Abstract

The authors examined the relationships of parental expectations and aspirations for their children's educational attainment to children's academic performance in school among 783 immigrant-origin children aged 5-18 years in Canada. The results of hierarchical regression analyses, after accounting for student and family background characteristics, indicated that immigrant parents' expectations and aspirations for their children's educational attainment were positively linked to immigrant-origin children's academic performance in school. Implications of these findings are briefly discussed. Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-57
JournalJournal of Genetic Psychology
Volume175
Issue number1
Early online date23 Jul 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2014

Citation

Areepattamannil, S., & Lee, D. H. L. (2014). Linking immigrant parents' educational expectations and aspirations to their children's school performance. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 175(1), 51-57. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2013.799061

Keywords

  • Canada
  • Immigrant parents
  • Immigrant-origin children
  • Parental educational aspirations
  • Parental educational expectations
  • School performance
  • Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning

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