The Role of Family Characteristics for Students' Academic Outcomes: A Person-Centered Approach.

• Autores: Isabelle Häfner, Barbara Flunger, Anna‐Lena Dicke, Hanna Gaspard, Brigitte M. Brisson, Benjamin Nagengast, Ulrich Trautwein, Anna-Lena Dicke
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 89, Nº. 4, 2018, págs. 1405-1422
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Using data from 1,571 ninth-grade students (Mage  = 14.62) from 82 academic track schools in Germany and their predominantly Caucasian middle-class parents, configurations of different family characteristics reported by parents were investigated. Latent profile analyses considering academic involvement, family interest, parents' self-concept, child's need for support, and parents' time and energy identified average, indifferent, motivated and engaged, motivated and disengaged, and involved families. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with students' motivational (self-concept, effort, and interest) and achievement outcomes (achievement test and grades) in math were analyzed. Students from families classified as motivated and disengaged showed higher initial levels motivation and achievement. Over 5 months, these students also showed an increase in self-concept and higher achievement than students from other family types. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]