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Parent preference in parent-teacher conferences
No full textPlan BThe purpose of this study is to determine seventh grade parent preference in parent-teacher conference formats at a small, Midwestern middle school. The study included all parents of seventh grade students who attended parent-teacher conferences in the fall of 2001. Data was collected using a survey, which included nine items. The information will be used to identify parent preference on specific components of the parent-teacher conference. Results of this study will help to improve conferences at this middle school
Effects of a comprehensive substance use prevention program with urban adolescents
No full textSchool-based substance use prevention programs that use a social influence approach and/or teach life skills have been the most effective. Programs that include peer leadership have been mixed in their effectiveness, but may be socially influential in changing peer norms and group dynamics. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of the Peer Prevention Project, a comprehensive life skills substance use prevention program, which was implemented during the 2007-2008 school year. The overall sample included 129 male and female students in the 8th grade across 4 middle schools of an urban, low-income school district. Participants were randomly assigned to the treatment condition or a no-treatment, minimal-contact control condition. There were 67 participants in the treatment group and 62 participants in the control group. The program included weekly meetings with adult advisors, opportunities to lead outreach groups with younger students, and activities designed to build parent-child relationships, and develop prosocial bonds to peers, teachers, and school. Program effects were evaluated using multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA). Controlling for school and pre-test scores, there were no statistically significant differences between the treatment and control conditions on generic skills, affective skills, school bonding, substance use, or the behavioral outcomes. Although these findings provide no evidence of the success of the Peer Prevention Project, limitations in the current research suggest that future evaluations should be conducted.Psy.DIncludes bibliographical references (p. 63-67)by Andrea P. ParentIncludes abstrac
Parent-reported ASB slope and intercept regressed on parent SES and ND.
No full textParent-reported ASB slope and intercept regressed on parent SES and ND.</p
The long-term impact of parent death on adult children in midlife
No full textPlan BThis qualitative study examines the long-term impact of parent death on adult children in midlife. As such, all of the subjects have experienced the death(s) of one or both parents in adulthood. The study is a partial replication of one conducted by Victoria Secunda (2000) and published in her book Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self in which the author sought to advance the understanding of: (a) the long-term impact of parent death on adult children, (b) what it means to be an "adult orphan", (c) how the sibling bond fares, (d) what it is like for only children, (e) how marriages are impacted, (f) what happens if/when adult children step into the vacated parental roles, (g) the developmental thrust that often occurs among adult children who experience parent death in midlife (Secunda, 2000).
While several books and studies have examined the subject of parent death, most have focused
on the processes of grief and/or mourning, or on the impact of parent death in childhood or
adolescence. Little information exists about the long-term effects of parent death on adult
children in midlife.
Ten subjects completed The Parental Loss Questionnaire (Secunda, 2000); four of these
underwent clarifying interviews on the basis of their written responses. The data collected
confirmed the experience of losing a parent in midlife as a pivotal event, and gave rise to several
overarching themes. Some of these themes reiterate those identified by Secunda (2000): a sense
of relief and liberation coupled with an urgency and desire to live life to the fullest; a changed
relationship to the surviving parent; improved sibling relationships; changed intimate
partnerships; reassessed/changed relationships with one’s own children; a greater reliance
upon/valuing of friendships; a greater sense of confidence/self; the pursuit of new career goals; a
keener sense of one’s own mortality coupled with a realignment of one’s priorities
Parent-offspring correlations under full-sib and parent-offspring mating systems
No full textA study of the parent-offspring correlations under full-sib mating and parent-offspring mating system has been conducted. A general theory for obtaining the correlation between one parent and k offspring, as well as the correlation between both the parent and k offspring under a given system of mating has been developed, both for the autosomal as well as sex-linked genes. Using this theory and the generation matrices for different mating types under full-sib or parent-offspring mating system with autosomal or sex-linked genes, parent-offspring correlations have been worked out. A comparative study of these correlations, graphically as well as numerically, has been carried out
Parent-Child relationships.
No full textThe parent graph is a 4-stem motif; two different child graphs are created by adding one stem to the parent graph.</p
The effects of parent involvement on student success
No full textPlan BThe purpose of this study was to find whether a correlation exists between parent involvement and student success at the high school level at Pepin High School, Pepin, Wisconsin. The review of literature focused on parent involvement in school activities and programs, parent expectations of their children and parenting attitudes. Reasons for lack of parental involvement were identified. Lastly, why it’s important for parents to be involved and how to achieve increased parent involvement. The survey was sent to parents of all students in the 2002 graduating class of Pepin High School. Data was collected through the use of a survey designed specifically for this study. There were three sections to the survey. Section I surveyed parent’s attitudes about education and their involvement with their child and their child’s school. Section II surveyed parental behaviors as they relate to themselves, their child, and their child’s school. Section III dealt with demographic data. Research Hypothesis I There will be a positive correlation between Pepin parents’ level of involvement and the levels of success of their children.
Research Hypothesis II There will be a positive correlation between parents’ levels of education and expectations for their children. Results of this study indicate that Pepin parents’ are, as a group, involved in the lives of their children who usually average A’s and B’s. Parents are somewhat more involved at home than at school. This is a result common to other studies of parents of high school students. Parents’ level of education had little or no effect on their desires and expectations for their children. All groups scored high which speaks well of Pepin parents. It is obvious from the survey that parents are concerned about their children’s success in and out of school. This information could assist in identifying behaviors and attitudes of parents that affect children’s success in school. Knowledge gained from this study may encourage changes that could improve the level of parent involvement in all aspects of children’s lives
Parent Ping: Daily Parent Survey, 2020-2021
No full textAbstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Parent Ping research project began in July 2020 and ended in September 2021. The project aimed to document parental life, particular during the pandemic. Participants were recruited via opportunity sampling or via their children's school. Participants downloaded a mobile phone app which asked them roughly three closed survey questions each day. Question topics included: lockdown, home learning (due to school closures), attitudes to vaccination, family life, home-school relationships etc. Demographic data were also collected from each participant including: their age, their gender, the number of children they have, the gender of their children, whether their child has a special educational need and whether their child is eligible to receive free school meals. In the time the project has run, data were collected from roughly 1,200 questions and around 3,000 UK parents. About Parent Ping Parent Ping was created by Education Intelligence, a company that since 2017 has run a daily survey app for teachers in England called Teacher Tapp. When schools closed for the majority of pupils during the 2020 covid pandemic there was a specific need to understand how parents were coping with home educating their children. Education Intelligence were able to secure a small grant from Big Change to replicate the software used to create Teacher Tapp in order to survey parents. The app they built was call Parent Ping. Key features of the app were: It asked questions every day (yes, even Christmas Day) Respondents were able to view aggregated results of the previous day’s questions Respondents were also given a daily read about an aspect of parenting. Parent Ping was live for just over a year, pivotally collecting data during the second national lockdown in early 2021.Data analysisUsers should note that the individual questions are all included together in the variable 'questiontext' and the answers are in the variable 'answertext'. In order to analyse questions separately, data will need to be filtered/subset using the 'questionid' and 'answerid' variables. The data file contains 2,412,976 lines, which means the tab-separated format cannot be viewed successfully in Excel.</p
Hmong parent education and involvement and its impact on children: a correlational study
No full textPlan BThe presence of the Hmong population in the United States has brought up many issues and concerns since they began immigrating here shortly after their tragic loss of the Vietnam War. Among these concerns is the area of education. The language barrier has presented many challenges for the Hmong with their education. The researcher believes a thorough understanding of the Hmong background and their life in the United States can be beneficial in assessing their needs in improving their education. Parents were assessed in this study from a survey developed by the researcher supplying insight on Hmong parents and their involvement and influence on their children in education. Children were assessed by using the Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading (STAR). The parent and children data were then correlated to provide the findings for the study. Results from this study show that a positive correlation exists between parent education level, parents providing homework assistance for their kids, the amount of English spoken in the home, and the number of years living in the United States with the students’ grade equivalency scores (GES) on the STAR
The relationship between maternal involvement and child adjustment in two parent and single parent families
No full textThis study explored the relationship between maternal involvement and child adjustment in two parent and single parent families. This study examined whether the amount of involvement by mothers differed according to family structure and whether greater mother involvement was associated with better adjustment in children. The study further examined to what extent maternal involvement accounted for the child's adjustment when other factors such as socio-economic status were taken into account
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