Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 691-701.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.05.10

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The Impact of Parental Educational Involvement on Middle School Students' Life Satisfaction:The Chain Mediating Effects of School Relationships and Academic Self-efficacy

ZHOU Xiaohui, LIU Yanxi, CHEN Xin, WANG Yiji   

  1. (Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062
  • Published:2023-09-11
  • Supported by:
    The project was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1905301);National Natural Science Foundation of China (22078115,21776108,21690083,22008078).

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Abstract: Parental involvement in education has been associated with adolescents' life satisfaction. Yet little is known about the mechanisms that may explain this association. Using Chinese 7th and 8th graders (N = 12,724), this study examined the role of adolescents' academic self-efficacy and school relationships in understanding the association between parental involvement and adolescents' life satisfaction. Parental involvement was reported by parents. Academic self-efficacy, school relationships and life satisfaction were reported by adolescents. Using structural equation modeling, results demonstrated that academic self-efficacy and school relationships, both independently and serially, mediated the relation between parental involvement and adolescents' life satisfaction. Findings highlighted the importance of school functioning to understand the positive impact of parental involvement on life satisfaction in adolescents.

Key words: parental educational involvement, life satisfaction, school relationships, academic self-efficacy, middle school students

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