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Academic Success of Appalachian Adolescents: The Impact of Parental Authority and Familism

Deaton, Melissa Jo
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1228165397

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2008, Master of Science, Miami University, Family and Child Studies.
The purpose of this study was to explore how measures of academic success were predicted by familism and five dimensions of perceived parental authority (referent, legitimate, expert, reward, and coercive) in a sample of rural Appalachian adolescents. 707 students from two rural Appalachian high schools in northern Kentucky and southern Ohio participated. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine predictive significance of referent authority, legitimate authority, expert authority, reward authority, coercive authority, and familism on academic achievement and educational aspirations. Legitimate authority was the strongest predictor of academic success, confirming previous studies that found adolescents believe parents have legitimate authority over current and future educational plans. Referent authority was found to be significant, but negative, in the paternal model and expert authority was found to be a negative predictor of boys’ educational aspirations in the maternal model. Familism failed to predict academic success in any of the statistical models.
Gary Peterson, PhD (Advisor)
Carolyn Slotten, PhD (Other)
Kevin Bush, PhD (Other)
64 p.
Families and Family Life
Appalachian adolescents; referent authority; legitimate authority; expert authority; reward authority; coercive authority; familism

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  • Deaton, M. J. (2008). Academic Success of Appalachian Adolescents: The Impact of Parental Authority and Familism [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1228165397

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Deaton, Melissa. Academic Success of Appalachian Adolescents: The Impact of Parental Authority and Familism. 2008. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1228165397.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Deaton, Melissa. "Academic Success of Appalachian Adolescents: The Impact of Parental Authority and Familism." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1228165397

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