When Parents and Teens Disagree: How Matched and Mismatched Perceptions of Parental Involvement Shape Academic Success

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Abstract

Parents and adolescents often differ in their perceptions of parental involvement, yet prior research has largely relied on single-informant reports. The present study investigated the implications of parent–adolescent congruence and incongruence in parental involvement for adolescent academic achievement across 13 diverse economies and by adolescent gender (N = 89,448). Multilevel polynomial regression and response surface analyses revealed that, generally, parent-adolescent congruence at moderate levels of parental involvement was associated with higher academic achievement. However, East Asian girls benefited more from congruence at high levels of involvement. Moreover, greater parent-adolescent incongruence in parental involvement was related to lower academic achievement across regions and genders. These findings underscore the importance of context-sensitive, gender-sensitive, and multi-informant approaches in research on parental involvement.

Author

• Luyang Guo, University of Macau