Parent Involvement and Student Academic Achievement in Taiwan: A Latent Growth Model Examining Mediational Effects

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Abstract

This study extends the literature on parent involvement and student achievement to include investigations of developmental, meditational and gender effects. The study utilized longitudinal data from the Taiwan Education Panel Survey (TEPS) and conducted latent growth modeling on data obtained from a nationally representative sample of Taiwanese students surveyed in 7th, 9th, and 11th grades. Results revealed student educational aspiration to be an important mediator by which parental involvement influences students’ academic achievement. The distinction between the gender of parents (mothers vs fathers) as well as students (girls vs boys) revealed important father-son and mother-daughter associations in the parental involvement-student achievement link. Lastly, developmental analysis indicated significant mediational effects on academic growth over the four-year period examined.

Authors

• Hsiu-Zu Ho, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Yeana Wong Lam, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Yin Yu, University of California- Santa Barbara

• Hsin-Yi Kung, National Changhua University of Education

• Kuang-Hui Yeh, National Taiwan University

• Chih-Wen Wu