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Published on: September 4, 2019
Parental educational aspirations and children's academic self-concept: Disentangling state and trait components on
Marlis Buchmann1, Jeanine Grütter1, Antonio Zuffianò2
1Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The dynamic interplay of parental educational aspirations and children's academic self-concept was examined from late childhood through mid-adolescence within a transactional socialization framework. Parental and child data were gained from a representative Swiss sample within 3-year intervals (NT1 = 1118; 51% females; 28% migration background; Mage T1 = 9.26, Mage T2 = 12.14, Mage T3 = 15.32). Results from a random intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed positive associations between the two constructs at the between- and within-person level. Findings showed general and time-specific associations between children and parents and reciprocal spill-over effects, whereby higher than usual aspirations predicted higher than usual academic self-concept over time and vice versa, highlighting transactional processes in the context of educational transitions.
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