Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem

The current study attempts to address the paucity of research in examining the combined effects of adolescent and maternal. background factors, maternal parenting influences as well as the inherent adolescent academic self-esteem (in particular the self-efficacy and the locus of control orientati...

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Main Author:	Abdullah, Aida
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Academic achievement - Research - Malaysia Teenagers Teenage mothers
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8783/1/FEM_2002_6%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.87832024-01-31T03:01:42Z Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem 2002-03 Abdullah, Aida The current study attempts to address the paucity of research in examining the combined effects of adolescent and maternal. background factors, maternal parenting influences as well as the inherent adolescent academic self-esteem (in particular the self-efficacy and the locus of control orientation) on the academic achievement of the adolescent. From an ecological perspective, demographic data on the adolescent and his mother elucidated further the nature of the parent-child dyad. Parenting attributes of demandingness and responsiveness were respectively used to gauge the levels of maternal control and monitoring, and maternal warmth. A third parenting dimension, involvement (Paulson, 1994) was added to detect the degree of maternal interest and participation in the academic pursuits of the adolescent. The information pertaining to the perceptions of parenting, selfefficacy and locus of control were gathered using a group-administered questionnaire.The sample of 280 respondents (145 boys and 135 girls) from intact families were chosen to represent adolescents studying in non-residential schools in the Kuala Lumpur region. Those selected were from two age cohorts (140 Form Two and 140 Form Four students). In the present study, it was of noteworthy importance to state that self-efficacy and locus of control orientation of the adolescent possessed cogent influences on achievement In addition, the family size and the age of the adolescent also significantly predicted the academic achievement of the adolescent In essence, as it had been established that the self-perceptions and age of the adolescent as well as family size produced potent effects on achievement, these findings have farreaching consequences on efforts aimed at enhancing the academic success of adolescents. Academic achievement - Research - Malaysia Teenagers Teenage mothers 2002-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8783/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8783/1/FEM_2002_6%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Academic achievement - Research - Malaysia Teenagers Teenage mothers Faculty of Human Ecology Juhari, Rumaya English
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language	English English
advisor	Juhari, Rumaya
topic	Academic achievement - Research - Malaysia Teenagers Teenage mothers
spellingShingle	Academic achievement - Research - Malaysia Teenagers Teenage mothers Abdullah, Aida Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
description	The current study attempts to address the paucity of research in examining the combined effects of adolescent and maternal. background factors, maternal parenting influences as well as the inherent adolescent academic self-esteem (in particular the self-efficacy and the locus of control orientation) on the academic achievement of the adolescent. From an ecological perspective, demographic data on the adolescent and his mother elucidated further the nature of the parent-child dyad. Parenting attributes of demandingness and responsiveness were respectively used to gauge the levels of maternal control and monitoring, and maternal warmth. A third parenting dimension, involvement (Paulson, 1994) was added to detect the degree of maternal interest and participation in the academic pursuits of the adolescent. The information pertaining to the perceptions of parenting, selfefficacy and locus of control were gathered using a group-administered questionnaire.The sample of 280 respondents (145 boys and 135 girls) from intact families were chosen to represent adolescents studying in non-residential schools in the Kuala Lumpur region. Those selected were from two age cohorts (140 Form Two and 140 Form Four students). In the present study, it was of noteworthy importance to state that self-efficacy and locus of control orientation of the adolescent possessed cogent influences on achievement In addition, the family size and the age of the adolescent also significantly predicted the academic achievement of the adolescent In essence, as it had been established that the self-perceptions and age of the adolescent as well as family size produced potent effects on achievement, these findings have farreaching consequences on efforts aimed at enhancing the academic success of adolescents.
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author	Abdullah, Aida
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title	Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
title_short	Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
title_full	Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
title_fullStr	Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
title_full_unstemmed	Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
title_sort	ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Human Ecology
publishDate	2002
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8783/1/FEM_2002_6%20IR.pdf
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Ecological determinants of academic achievement: background factors, maternal practices and adolescent academic self-esteem

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