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The Relationship between Parental Involvement, Educational Expectations, and Adolescent Academic Achievement: A Meta-analysis Based on 14 Empirical Studies

Author(s)

Yawen Hou1, Yuanjiao Chen2,3,*

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1Teacher Teaching Development Center, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 2College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 3College of Educational Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China *Corresponding Author.

Abstract

Academic achievement is one of the most important ways of evaluating education. Using a meta-analytic approach, the article synthesized 116, 728 samples from 14 independent empirical studies on the effects of parental involvement and self-educational expectations on adolescents' academic achievement. Random effects models found significant positive correlations between parental involvement and academic achievement, parental involvement and self-educational expectations, and self-educational expectations and adolescents' academic achievement, with self-educational expectations mediating the relationship significantly between parental involvement and academic achievement. The moderation analysis found that parental involvement in the process of influencing academic achievement was significantly higher in the junior high school than in the elementary school; parental involvement in the process of influencing educational expectations was significantly higher in the central region than in the eastern region, significantly higher in the junior high school than in the elementary school, and significantly higher in the rural than in the urban regions. The influence of educational expectations on academic achievement was significantly higher in the central region than in the western region. The study provides strong evidence for the prediction of adolescents' academic achievement and validates the general applicability of the model in the adolescent population. Further implementation of high quality parental involvement and self-education expectations is recommended.

Keywords

Adolescent Academic Achievement; Parental Involvement; Educational Expectations; Meta-Analysis

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