The Differential Impact of Early Father and Mother Involvement on Later Student Achievement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 498-508

  McBride, Brent A ^a   Dyer, W Justin ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Brown, Geoffrey L ^b   Hong, Sungjin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; early parenting; father involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249090257     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014238     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Amato P.R., and Gilbreth J.G. Nonresident fathers and children's well-being: A meta-analysis. Journal of Marriage and the Family 61 (1999) 557-573
2. Barnard W.M. Parent involvement in elementary school and educational attainment. Children and Youth Services Review 26 (2004) 39-62
3. Brody G.H., and Flor D.L. Maternal resources, parenting practices, and child competence in rural, single-parent African American families. Child Development 69 (1998) 803-816
4. Christian K., Morrison F.J., and Bryant F.B. Predicting kindergarten academic skills: Interactions among child care, maternal education, and family literacy environments. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 13 (1998) 501-521
5. Coleman J.S. Social capital in the creation of human capital. American Journal of Sociology 94 (1988) 95-120
6. Crosnoe R. Academic orientation and parental involvement in education during high school. Sociology of Education 74 (2001) 210-230
7. Day R.D., and Lamb M.E. Conceptualizing and measuring father involvement (2004), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ
8. Dearing E., Kreider H., Simpkins S., and Weiss H. Family involvement in school and low-income children's literacy: Longitudinal associations between and within families. Journal of Educational Psychology 98 (2006) 653-664
9. Dearing E., McCartney K., Weiss H.B., Kreider H., and Simpkins S. The promotive effects of family educational involvement for low-income children's literacy. Journal of School Psychology 42 (2004) 445-460
10. Dinh K.T., Roosa M.W., Tein J.Y., and Lopez V.A. The relationship between acculturation and problem behavior proneness in a Hispanic youth sample: A longitudinal mediation model. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 30 (2002) 1295-1309
11. Epstein J.L. Parents' reactions to teacher practices of parent involvement. Elementary School Journal 86 (1986) 277-294
12. Epstein J.L. Toward a theory of family-school connections: Teacher practices and parent involvement. In: Hurrelmann K., Kaufmann F., and Losel F. (Eds). Social intervention: Potential and constraints (1987), deGruyter, New York 121-136
13. Epstein J.L., and Sanders M.G. Family, school, and community partnerships. In: Bornstein M.H. (Ed). Handbook of parenting. 2nd ed. 5 (2002), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 407-437
14. Fagan J., and Iglesias A. Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their Head Start children: A quasi-experimental study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 14 (1999) 243-269
15. Flouri E. Fathering and child outcomes (2005), Wiley, Chichester, England
16. Flouri E., and Buchanan A. Early father's and mother's involvement and child's later educational outcomes. British Journal of Educational Psychology 74 (2004) 141-153
17. Fuligini A.S., and Brooks-Gunn J. Measuring mother and father shared caregiving: An analysis using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement. In: Day R.D., and Lamb M.E. (Eds). Conceptualizing and measuring father involvement (2004), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 341-358
18. Grief J.L., and Grief G.L. Including fathers in school psychology literature: A review of four school psychology journals. Psychology in the Schools 41 (2004) 575-580
19. Grolnick W.S., Ryan R.M., and Deci E.L. Inner resources for school achievement: Motivational mediators of children's perceptions of their parents. Journal of Educational Psychology 83 (1991) 508-517
20. Grolnick W.S., and Slowiaczek M.L. Parents' involvement in children's schooling: A multidimensional conceptualization and motivational model. Child Development 65 (1994) 237-252
21. Hawkins A.J., Bradford K.P., Palkovitz R., Christiansen S.L., Day R.D., and Call V.R.A. The inventory of father involvement: A pilot study of a new measure of father involvement. Journal of Men's Studies 10 (2002) 183-196
22. Henderson A.T., and Berla N. A new generation of evidence: The family is critical for student achievement (1994), National Committee for Citizens in Education, Washington, DC
23. Hess R., Holloway S., Dickson W., and Price G. Maternal variables as predictors of children's school readiness and later achievement in vocabulary and mathematics in sixth grade. Child Development 55 (1984) 1902-1912
24. Hill N.E. Parenting and academic socialization as they relate to school readiness: The roles of ethnicity and family income. Journal of Educational Psychology 93 (2001) 686-697
25. Hill N.E., Castellino D.R., Lansford J.E., Nowlin P., Dodge K.A., Bates J.E., and Pettit G.S. Parent academic involvement as related to school behavior, achievement, and aspirations: Demographic variations across adolescence. Child Development 75 (2004) 1491-1509
26. Hofferth, S. L., & Anderson, K. (2001, February). Biological and stepfather investment in children. Conference on Measuring Father Involvement, Bethesda, MD.
27. Hofferth S.L., and Anderson K.G. Are all dads equal? Biology versus marriage as basis for paternal investment. Journal of Marriage and Family 65 (2003) 213-232
28. Hu L., and Bentler P.M. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling 6 1 (1999) 1-55
29. Keith T.Z., Keith P.B., Quirk K.J., Sperdutg J., Knowles S.S., and Killings S. Longitudinal effects of parent involvement on high school grades: Similarities and differences across gender and ethnic groups. Journal of School Psychology 36 (1998) 335-363
30. Lamb M.E. The history of research on father development: An overview. Marriage and Family Review 29 (2000) 23-42
31. Lamb M.E. Infant-father attachments and their impact on child development. In: Tamis-LeMonda C.S., and Cabrera N. (Eds). Handbook of father involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives (2002), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 93-117
32. Lamb M.E. The role of the father in child development. 4th ed. (2004), Wiley, New York
33. Lamb M.E., and Tamis-LeMonda C.S. The role of the father: An introduction. In: Lamb M.E. (Ed). The role of the father in child development. 4th ed. (2004), Wiley, New York 1-31
34. Loehlin J. Latent variable models: An introduction to factor, path, and structural analysis. 2nd ed. (1998), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ
35. Magill-Evans J., and Harrison M.J. Parent-child interactions, parenting stress, and developmental outcomes at 4 years. Children's Health Care 30 (2001) 135-150
36. Majoribanks K. Individual-environment correlates of children's reading performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills 67 (1988) 323-332
37. Mantzicopoulos P.Y. Flunking kindergarten after Head Start: An inquiry into the contribution of individual contextual variables. Journal of Educational Psychology 95 (2003) 268-278
38. Manz P.H., Fantuzzo J.W., and Power T.J. Multidimensional assessment of family involvement among urban elementary students. Journal of School Psychology 42 (2004) 461-475
39. Marcon, R. A. (1999, March). Impact of parent involvement on children's development and academic performance: A three cohort study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Savannah, GA.
40. McBride B.A., Schoppe-Sullivan S.J., and Ho M.-H. The mediating role of fathers' school involvement on student achievement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 26 (2005) 201-216
41. McWayne C., Hampton V., Fantuzzo J., Cohen H.L., and Sekino Y. A multivariate examination of parent involvement and the social and academic competencies of urban kindergarten children. Psychology in the Schools 41 (2004) 363-377
42. Miedel W.T., and Reynolds A.J. Parent involvement in early intervention for disadvantaged children: Does it matter?. Journal of School Psychology 37 (1999) 379-402
43. Muthén B. Methodological issues in random coefficient growth modeling using a latent variable framework: Applications to the development of heavy drinking ages 10-37. In: Rose J.S., Chassin L., Presson C., and Sherman S. (Eds). Multivariate applications in substance use research: New methods for new questions (2000), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 113-140
44. Muthén B.O., and Muthén L.K. Mplus user's guide. 5th ed. (2007), Author, Los Angeles
45. Nord C.W. Students do better when their fathers are involved at school: Issue brief (Rep. No. 98-121) (1998), National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, DC
46. Nord C., Brimhall D.A., and West J. Fathers' involvement in their children's schools (1997), U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Washington, DC
47. Nord C.W., and West J. Fathers' and mothers' involvement in their children's schools by family type and resident status. Education Statistics Quarterly 3 (2001). http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/Vol_3/3_2/q2-5.asp Retrieved July 17, 2006, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/Vol_3/3_2/q2-5.asp
48. Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement. The Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (2006). http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/child-development/home.html Available from http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/child-development/home.html
49. Parke R.D., McDowell D.J., Kim M., Killan C., Dennis J., Flyr M.L., and Wild M.N. Fathers' contributions to children's peer relationships. In: Tamis-LeMonda C.S., and Cabrera N. (Eds). Handbook of father involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives (2002), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 141-167
50. Pleck J.H., and Masciadrelli B.P. Paternal involvement by U.S. resident fathers: Levels, sources, and consequences. In: Lamb M.E. (Ed). The role of the father in child development. 4th ed. (2004), Wiley, New York 222-271
51. Pomerantz E.M., Grolnick W.S., and Price C.E. The role of parents in how children approach school: A dynamic perspective. In: Elliot A.J., and Dweck C.S. (Eds). The handbook of competence and motivation (2005), Guilford Press, New York 259-278
52. Roggman L., Boyce L., Cook G., Christiansen K., and Jones D. Playing with Daddy: Social toy play, Early Head Start, and developmental outcomes. Fathering 2 (2004) 83-108
53. Roopnarine J.L., Krishnakumar A., Metindogan A., and Evans M. Links between parenting styles, parent-child academic interaction, parent-school interaction, and early academic skills and social behaviors in young children of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 21 (2006) 238-252
54. Schoppe S.J., McBride B.A., and Ho M. Father involvement: Unitary versus multidimensional constructs. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice 2 (2004) 147-164
55. Scott-Jones D. Parent-child interactions and school achievement. In: Ryan B.A., Adams G.R., Gullotta T.P., Weissberg R.P., and Hampton R.L. (Eds). The family-school connection: Theory, research, and practice (1995), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA 75-107
56. Seginer R. Parents' educational involvement: A developmental ecology perspective. Parenting: Science and Practice 6 (2006) 1-48
57. Sénéchal M., and LeFevre J. Parental involvement in the development of children's reading skill: A five-year longitudinal study. Child Development 73 (2002) 445-460
58. Shumow L., Vandell D.L., and Kang K. School choice, family characteristics, and home-school relations: Contributors to school achievement?. Journal of Educational Psychology 88 (1996) 451-460
59. Walker J.M., Hover-Dembsey K.V., Whetsel D.R., and Green C.L. Parental involvement in homework: A review of current research and its implications for teachers, after school program staff, and parent leaders (2004), Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA
60. Weiss H., Caspe M., and Lopez M.E. Family involvement in early childhood education: Family involvement makes a difference (Research Brief No. 1) (2006), Harvard Family Research Project, Boston, MA
61. Woodcock R.W., and Johnson M.B. Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised: Examiner's manual (1990), Riverside, Chicago
62. Yeung W.J., Linver M.R., and Brooks-Gunn J. How money matters for young children's development: Parental investment and family processes. Child Development 73 (2002) 1861-1879
63. Yogman M.W., Kindlon D., and Earls F. Father involvement and cognitive/behavioral outcomes of preterm infants. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34 (1995) 58-66