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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 51-57 |
| Journal | Journal of Genetic Psychology |
| Volume | 175 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 23 Jul 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - 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: 10.1080/00221325.2013.799061Keywords
- Canada
- Immigrant parents
- Immigrant-origin children
- Parental educational aspirations
- Parental educational expectations
- School performance
- Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning