Why Do Parents Become Involved? Research Findings and Implications

By Kathleen V. Hoover-dempsey, Joan M. T. Walker, H. Sandler, Darlene R. Whetsel, Christa L. Green, Andrew S. Wilkins, K. Closson. The Elementary school journal, 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education

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School and home connections and children's kindergarten achievement gains: The mediating role of family involvement (2012, background): “As a esult, the associations found cannot be taken as evidence that chool outreach to involve families is related to the actions of indiidual families or outcomes of individual students.”
Why Do Parents Homeschool? A Systematic Examination of Parental Involvement (2007, background): “…a relatively strong sense of efficacy for helping the child succeed in school (e.g., Grolnick et al., 1997; Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 1995, 1997; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005; Kay, Fitzgerald, Paradee, & Mellencamp, 1994), as well as the parent’s attraction to (or valence toward) schools…”
The Need to Distinguish Between Quantity and Quality in Research on Parental Involvement: The Example of Parental Help With Homework (2015, background): “In fact, previous research has shown that children’s interpretations of parental behavior are more strongly related to their development than are parents’ actual behaviors (Grolnick, Ryan, & Deci, 1991; Grolnick & Slowiaczek, 1994; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005; Schaefer, 1965).”
Linking Parental Motivations for Involvement and Student Proximal Achievement Outcomes in Homeschooling and Public Schooling Settings (2011, background): “Studies of diverse groups of elementary and middle school students have suggested that role activity beliefs do influence parents’ decisions about becoming and being involved in their children’s education involvement (e.g., Chrispeels & Rivero, 2001; Drummond & Stipek, 2004; Grolnick, Benjet, Kurows”
Relationships between perceived parental involvement in homework, student homework behaviors, and academic achievement: differences among elementary, junior high, and high school students (2015, background): “As some authors suggested (Grolnick and Slowiaczek 1994; Hoover-Dempsey et al. 2005), it is likely that children’s perceptions of their parents’ involvement in homework are more real or Bknowable^ to them than the actual nature or extent of parents’ behavior related to homework.”
Connect-Text: Leveraging Text-Message Communication to Mitigate Chronic Absenteeism and Improve Parental Engagement in the Earliest Years of Schooling (2018, background): “…good time to intervene, as parents may be especially receptive to interventions involving supports and expectation setting as they adjust to the new routines associated with their child transitioning to school (Epstein & Sheldon, 2002; Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 2005; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005).”
One Size Does Not Fit All: Understanding Parent Engagement in the Contexts of Work, Family, and Public Schooling (2020, background): “Vicky was thus able to support her daughter’s education in ways that matched the knowledge, skills, time, and energy she possessed within her life context (Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005), and drew from her familial and social capital despite limited economic capital (Yosso, 2005).”
The Validation of One Parental Involvement Measurement in Virtual Schooling. (2010, positive): “108 Parental involvement has been associated with many positive student academic outcomes (Anderson & Minke, 2007; Chavkin, 1993; Epstein, 1994; Fan, 2001; Hess & Holloway, 1984; Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 1995; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005; Kim, 2002; U.S. Department of Education, 1994).”
Walking the Walk: Portraits in Leadership for Family Engagement in Urban Schools (2009, background): “Numerous schools of thought operate in the field of family involve ment, including those that focus on the psychological processes of parental intrinsic motivation and role identity ( Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 1995, 1997; Walker, Wilkins, Dallaire, Sandler, & Hoover-Dempsey, 2005).”