Relationships Between Parenting Styles And Academic Performance: Article Analysis
Four hypotheses were stated, namely, establishing the kind of association between beliefs about mathematics and students, the relationship between parental involvement in mathematics learning and anxiety, influence of culture on parental beliefs and students mathematics anxiety and the influence of culture on the relationship between parental beliefs/ involvement in the anxiety regarding mathematics in students. Participants included parents and students from Years 6,7,and 8 from three differing cultural backgrounds (Greek, Chinese, and Arabic). The materials provided were the Value of Mathematics Scale and the Parent Involvement Questionnaire used to measure parental beliefs and involvement. The mathematics anxiety of each student was measured using the Mathematics Anxiety Questionnaire. The results found that there was no significant relationship between parental beliefs and mathematics anxiety. No cultural difference was recorded. The author concluded that parental beliefs did not play a role in the students performance in academics or mathematics anxiety. Also no cultural difference in parenting styles was seen, except that, Greek parents spent more time …show more content…
Whether there were similarities or differences in the amount of time that mothers and fathers spend with their children on their academics? 2. Did the extended family involve themselves in the child’s academics, 3. What activities did the children take part in at home and was there any correlation with what the fathers and mothers reported. 4. Did the length of stay in the US play a role with the child academic skills and social behaviour?, and 5. Whether parenting styles, parent-child academic activities at home and parent-school contacts were associated with the children’s academics skills and social behaviours. The participants consisted of 70 Carribean immigrant families who spoke english at home and their pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children. The materials consisted of a Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) used to measure parenting style by a 10- Likert type rating. A descriptive account was made on the amount of time the parents spent with the child’s educational activities such as reading to the child, helping the child with homework and with difficulties they had at school. The model was tested using hierarchal regression analyses.