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1Psychology Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, United States.
Abstract:
This study examined the effects of parent-child communication, including the quantitative and qualitative aspects of these communications, on young American adolescents' academic performance by using an Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten dataset. We considered children's self-concept a mediator in examining the effects. Structural equation modeling was used for evaluating the model. The results revealed that the quality of parent-child communication was positively associated with these children's academic performance, and this association can be mediated by the adolescents' self-concept. However, the quantity of parent-child communication did not show a direct or an indirect association with the adolescents' academic achievements. These findings suggest that efforts to improve the quality of parent-child communication and to strengthen the connection between high-quality communications and adolescents' self-concept may benefit young adolescents' academic development.
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