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Success in School among African American Adolescents The Role of Parental Involvement

Wimberly, Evin B.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1306943283

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2011, Master of Science, Miami University, Family and Child Studies.
The purpose of the study is to investigate parental involvement on the student’s educational attainment in High School. Previous research has that parent involvement is related to educational outcomes for children of young ages but there has not been as much research on high school aged children. It is anticipated that a strong, positive parent-child relationship and high parent(s) expectations for the child will be associated with successful educational attainment as measured by receiving a high school diploma Data from the Educational Longitudinal Study: 2002. Logistic regression was used to analyze whether or not the student graduated from high school. The outcome variable is whether or not the student graduated from high school and the predictor variable consists of different elements of parental involvement. This study will help contribute to the literature already in existence aiming to portray positive results, rather than negative ones, for the poor African American community.
Sellers Sherrill, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Alfred Joseph, Dr. (Committee Member)
Gary Peterson, Dr. (Committee Member)
28 p.
African Americans; Education
African American Adolescents; Parental communication; Parental social involvement; Parental expectations; Income

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  • Wimberly, E. B. (2011). Success in School among African American Adolescents The Role of Parental Involvement [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1306943283

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wimberly, Evin. Success in School among African American Adolescents The Role of Parental Involvement. 2011. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1306943283.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wimberly, Evin. "Success in School among African American Adolescents The Role of Parental Involvement." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1306943283

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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