Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
The current study attempts to address the paucity of research in examining the combined effects of adolescent and maternal. background factors, maternal parenting influences as well as the inherent adolescent academic self-esteem (in particular the self-efficacy and the locus of control orientati...
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8783/1/FEM_2002_6%20IR.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8783/ |
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| Summary: | The current study attempts to address the paucity of research in examining the
combined effects of adolescent and maternal. background factors, maternal
parenting influences as well as the inherent adolescent academic self-esteem (in
particular the self-efficacy and the locus of control orientation) on the academic
achievement of the adolescent. From an ecological perspective, demographic data
on the adolescent and his mother elucidated further the nature of the parent-child
dyad. Parenting attributes of demandingness and responsiveness were respectively
used to gauge the levels of maternal control and monitoring, and maternal
warmth. A third parenting dimension, involvement (Paulson, 1994) was added to
detect the degree of maternal interest and participation in the academic pursuits of
the adolescent. The information pertaining to the perceptions of parenting, selfefficacy
and locus of control were gathered using a group-administered
questionnaire.The sample of 280 respondents (145 boys and 135 girls) from intact families
were chosen to represent adolescents studying in non-residential schools in the
Kuala Lumpur region. Those selected were from two age cohorts (140 Form Two
and 140 Form Four students).
In the present study, it was of noteworthy importance to state that self-efficacy
and locus of control orientation of the adolescent possessed cogent influences on
achievement In addition, the family size and the age of the adolescent also
significantly predicted the academic achievement of the adolescent In essence, as
it had been established that the self-perceptions and age of the adolescent as well
as family size produced potent effects on achievement, these findings have farreaching
consequences on efforts aimed at enhancing the academic success of adolescents. |
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