Parental support and educational achievement in middle school students
Parental support and educational achievement in middle school students

Summary/Abstract: Educational achievement is an important result of children and young people, because it predicts some relevant acquisitions for the future – professional and socio-economic status. In turn, educational achievement depends on multiple individual and environment variables, such as personal characteristics (aptitudes, temperament, and attitudes), social and academic support from family, school and community etc. In this paper, we explored the influence of the parental support on educational achievement measured as final grades and as self-perceived competence at secondary school level. Our data revealed mixed results. Apparently the supportive behaviors of both parents do not predict boys’ final grades, but some of them (the parental control) predict their perceived competence. On the other hand, autonomy from mother and firm discipline from both parents predict girls’ final grades, and the control and low acceptance from mother’s side, and father lax discipline predict girls’ perceived competence.

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