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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• van Driel, Sara Wise

Titel

Systematic intervention to increase parent involvement in children's academic activity

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study examined the potential benefits of parent participation in a one-session seminar on how to effectively help children with homework. Parents were recruited from schools, afterschool programs, and churches in three Southeastern states in the US. Seventy-five parents of elementary school aged children were assigned to one of two groups: (1) intervention or (2) waitlist control. Results showed that parents who attended the seminar had significantly greater parent self-efficacy at two weeks and ten weeks after the intervention. There was also a significant decrease in stress for parents in the intervention group at two weeks after the intervention, though there were no significant differences between the intervention and control conditions from pre-intervention to ten weeks post-intervention. No group differences were found on parent involvement and child initiations for help with homework. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed, particularly regarding engagement of community-based agencies and parent participation.