Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between parental responsiveness and adolescents’ academic competence.

Youth who described their parents as being highly responsive (e.g., were willing to help with their problems) were more likely to have higher levels of academic achievement and psychosocial development and lower levels of deviant behavior and psychological problems than peers who did not rate their parents as being highly responsive.


Sample or Data Description
Nine high schools in Wisconsin and northern California were surveyed. Sample consisted of 1,117 students during Year 1 and 514 of these participants during Year 2.


Source
"Adolescents’ Well-Being as a Function of Perceived Interparental Consistency"
Fletcher, Anne C.
Steinberg, Laurence, and Sellers, Elizabeth B.
Journal of Marriage and the Family Vol. 61, Number . August, 1999. Page(s) 599-610.


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