Parent Involvement, Socioeconomic Status and Reading Performance

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Title: Parent Involvement, Socioeconomic Status and Reading Performance
Language: English
Authors: Andersen, Simon Calmar, Gregersen, Maria Koch, Nielsen, Helena Skyt (ORCID 0000-0003-2577-4734), Thomsen, Mette Kjaergaard
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 2021 65(7):1279-1294.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Grade 2
Primary Education
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Young Children, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Socioeconomic Status, Correlation, Reading Achievement, Performance Factors, Time Management, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Denmark
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2020.1840429
ISSN: 0031-3831
Abstract: The aim of this paper was to understand whether and to what extent parenting behaviors mediated the association between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and 8-year old children's reading performance. The study used video recordings of parent-child interactions in Danish public schools while the child was assigned a difficult reading task (N = 122). Results showed that low-SES parents tended to get involved in their children's problem-solving activities in unconstructive ways and that this type of involvement mediated one-third of the association between parental SES and reading performance after controlling for prior measures of children's academic skills. These results may have important implications for understanding how parents can best assist -- or not assist - children in developmental activities such as homework tasks and for interventions aimed at increasing the quality of the time low SES parents spend with their children.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1316248
Database: ERIC
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