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Relationship between Parental Involvement and Mathematics Achievement of Chinese Early Adolescents: Multiple Mediating Roles of Mental Health and Mathematics Self-Efficacy

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Huang, Feifei, Huang, Zhaofeng, Li, Zhe, Zhang, Minqiang·2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
DOI 10.3390/ijerph18189565PMC PMC8469238
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This study conceptualized the multidimensional construct of parental involvement, including cognitive involvement, behavioral involvement, and personal involvement, and examined the mediating effects of student’s mental health and mathematics self-efficacy. Questionnaires were administered to 2866 early adolescents and their parents in China; structural equation modeling and bias-corrected bootstrap methods were used. The results show that different dimensions of parental involvement had different effects on mathematics achievement. Additionally, results indicate that the influences of the multidimensional construct of parental involvement on mathematics achievement were either partially or completely mediated by student’s mental health and mathematics self-efficacy. The findings also offer insight into possible interventions designed to explore how parental involvement promotes students’ mathematics achievement through their children’s mental health and mathematics self-efficacy.

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  • Parental engagement, irrespective of socioeconomic standing, is consistently linked to enhanced academic and creative outcomes, fostering children's mental well-being, self-confidence, and overall developmental success.

    “Parental engagement, irrespective of socioeconomic standing, has consistently been linked to enhanced academic and creative outcomes, fostering children's mental well-being, self-confidence, and overall developmental success (Sengonul, 2022;Huang et al., 2021).”

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    The Conclusions report links between parental involvement, mathematics achievement, mental health, and mathematics self-efficacy in the students studied. The paper does not report creative outcomes or establish overall developmental success; its Results (§3.1) also find greater parental involvement among higher-SES parents, rather than establishing the claimed relationship irrespective of socioeconomic standing. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Huang, F., Huang, Z., Li, Z., & Zhang, M.
Affiliations
  • South China Normal University (CN)
  • Guangzhou University (CN)
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Zhang, Minqiang
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-09-10
Volume
18
Issue
18
Pages
9565
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/ijerph18189565
PMC
PMC8469238
OpenAlex
W3201001482
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Applied Mathematics › Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
Keywords
parental involvement, mathematics achievement, early adolescents, student mental health, mathematics self-efficacy, cognitive engagement, behavioral involvement, personal involvement, mediation, Chinese students
MeSH terms
Achievement, Adolescent, Child, China, Humans, Mathematics, Mental Health, Self Efficacy

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