Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Research on school involvement has focused on the effects of parental support pracƟces on children's academic performance. These studies oŌen operaƟonalize family behaviors as independent variables, seeking their staƟsƟcal correlaƟon with children's academic success, considered a dependent variable. We argue that this approach overlooks crucial dynamics of interdependence and process. The behaviors of parents and children mutually shape each other in a relaƟonship mediated by past interacƟons, which, in turn, influence future ones. Based on our own research, we offer alternaƟve explanaƟons for several well-established findings in the literature on this topic, parƟcularly regarding social class differences in parental involvement.
Author: Carlos Alonso Carmona
Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414511679