Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural America.
Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural America.
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将父母对学校的投资视为美国农村社会经济指标与教育成果之间关系的中介。
DOI：
10.1007/s10964-010-9616-4
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Oetting,EugeneR
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作者：
Henry,KimberlyL;Cavanagh,ThomasM;Oetting,EugeneR
每年有130万学生未能毕业，这使得美国的高中毕业率降至69%。高中辍学最显著的预测因素之一是社会经济地位(SES)，这使得更好地理解SES影响教育结果的原因变得重要。在这项研究中，父母对学校的投资被用来检验父母对学校的投资，作为SES和教育结果之间关系的中介变量，样本来自美国199个农村社区和城镇的64,350名7-9年级学生(50%是男性，63%是非西班牙裔白人)。这些关系是在个人和学区层面进行评估的。结果表明，父母投入在这两个水平上都是一个重要的中介变量。在学区内，SES对高中毕业期望的影响中，28%是通过感知的父母投资来调节的。在学区之间，集中劣势对学区高中毕业率的影响有60%，集中劣势对学区学生高中毕业平均期望值的影响几乎全部(87%)都是通过感知的父母投资来调节的。对预防的影响进行了讨论。
Each year, 1.3 million students fail to graduate, dropping the United States’ high school graduation rate to 69%. One of the most salient predictors of high school dropout is socio-economic status (SES), which makes important an improved understanding of the reasons why SES affects educational outcomes. In this study, multilevel mediation models were utilized to examine parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between SES and educational outcomes among an ethnically diverse sample of 64,350 7th to 9th grade students from 199 rural communities and towns in the U.S. (50% male, 63% non-Hispanic White). These relationships were assessed at the individual and school district level. Results indicate that parental investment is an important mediator at both levels. Within school districts, 28% of the effect of SES on the expectation to graduate from high school is mediated by perceived parental investment. Between school districts, 60% of the effect of concentrated disadvantage on the district’s high school graduation rate and nearly all (87%) of the effect of concentrated disadvantage on the average expectation to graduate from high school among students in the district is mediated by perceived parental investment. Implications for prevention are discussed.