Does Parental Involvement Eliminate the Effects of Parental Divorce on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents?

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A Meta-Analysis

“…Of the three racial groups included in this study, African American children are most likely to come from single-parent families, Latino children are the second most likely to come from this family structure, and Asian Americans are least likely to come from this family structure (Jeynes 1998(Jeynes , 2002. Research supports the notion that family structure is the most important facet of parental involvement (Jeynes, 2001).…”

“…The presence of more parents in the workforce, the fast pace of modern society as a whole, and the declining role of the family have all been reasons that some social scientists have pointed to to explain an apparent decline in parental involvement in education (Coleman & Hoffer, 1987;Jeynes, in press). Although many educators have highlighted the importance of parental involvement if children are to do well in school, the research that has been done on this issue has frequently been unable to give guidance regarding the extent to which parental involvement helps student achievement and just what kind of parental involvement is most important (Jeynes, 2001).…”

“…Deslandes, Royer, Turcott, and Bertrand (1997) reported results that suggest the parenting style may determine how much of an effect the involvement of parents has at the secondary level. The impact of parental involvement emerges in mathematics achievement (Crane, 1996;Muller, 1998;Peressini, 1998;Shaver & Walls, 1998), reading achievement (Jeynes, 2001;Shaver & Walls, 1998), and in other subjects as well (Jeynes, 2001;Zdzinski, 1996).…”

The Effects of Paternal and Maternal Nurturance and Involvement on Young Adult Academic Outcomes

“…Furthermore, the negative impact of divorce on child academic outcomes is a consistent finding in the literature (Barber, 1998;Bertram, 2006;Jeynes, 2002;Kelly & Emery, 2003;McLanahan, 1999). Children from divorced families have lower math, reading and standardized test scores (Sun & Li, 2002).…”

Socialization Factors Conducive to Social Work Students’ Gain in Competence

“…Research has shown that students whose either parents or both parents are absent in families have poor grades (Balli et al, 1998;Teachman et al, 1995). Apart from the financial hardship in the broken family (Sun and Li, 2001), inadequate parental socialization is a reason for the academic deficit (Jeynes, 2002). The inadequate socialization largely consists of the absence of either paternal or maternal socialization, which is essential for proper gender role socialization (Hetherington et al, 1983).…”