Students' Reasons for Doing Homework, Parental Involvement and Homework Motivation: Latent Profile Analysis

• In Event: Homes and Schools: Building Positive Relationships

Abstract

The study, which was conducted on 1,061 middle and high school students, categorizes students' reasons for doing homework into three main categories: academic, self-regulatory, and approval seeking. Using latent profile analysis, five distinct profiles were created based on students' reasons for doing homework: Very low, low, medium, high, and very high. The findings clearly showed that students in the high and very high profiles experienced more parental autonomy support and control, while students in the low and very low profiles had lower levels of homework interest and parental autonomy support.

Authors

• Suleyman Avci, Marmara University

• Mustafa Özgenel, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University