Parental Involvement as a Holistic Concept Using Rasch/Guttman Scenario Scales

Abstract

Parental involvement (PI) in the education of their children is an important factor which should be taken into account when assessing and predicting children’s school outcomes. However, PI encompasses numerous operationalizations from checking homework, to communication with school, to organizing cultural outings. This study describes a Rasch/Guttman scenario-based scale designed to provide a holistic approach to measuring the PI construct. The Parental Involvement SCenarios scale (PISC-9) was administered to 1,930 parents of primary school children from a sample representative of a Russian region. The scale has very good technical and construct validity characteristics. More specifically, raw scores on the PISC-9 may be represented as locations along a hierarchical continuum from relatively less to increasingly more time consuming and demanding parental behaviors.

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“…Existing research has called attention to parental involvement's relevant role in children's schooling and success [8][9][10][11]. Parental involvement is a complex construct that has been defined in several ways (e.g., [9,10,12,13]).…”

“…Existing research has called attention to parental involvement's relevant role in children's schooling and success [8][9][10][11]. Parental involvement is a complex construct that has been defined in several ways (e.g., [9,10,12,13]). Recently, Antipkina and Ludlow [10] proposed a holistic concept of parental involvement: a "continuum of parenting behaviours ranging from those representing lower levels of involvement to those representing higher levels of involvement" (p. 856).…”

“…Parental involvement is a complex construct that has been defined in several ways (e.g., [9,10,12,13]). Recently, Antipkina and Ludlow [10] proposed a holistic concept of parental involvement: a "continuum of parenting behaviours ranging from those representing lower levels of involvement to those representing higher levels of involvement" (p. 856). In his meta-synthesis, Wilder [14] found the following parental involvement definitions used in different articles: parent-child communication about school; home-supervision; checking homework; homework assistance; education expectations and aspirations; attendance and participation in school activities; reading with children; communication with schools; parenting style; and parental attitudes toward education.…”

An Analysis of the Cognitive Ability of Knowledge Mapping Homeschooling Based on the Rasch Model

“…According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary [ 1 ], these two constituent conditions may be composed of multiple elements (such as cohesion, resilience, and communication skills) [ 2 ]. Early family function research is mainly aimed at different difficult groups, which is mainly used to understand and prevent dysfunctional family function and implement appropriate treatment activities when needed [ 3 ]. Over the past few decades, researchers have also created various models to evaluate family function.…”

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“…Additionally, students may accidentally assess websites that are not suitable for them or not educational (Bruni et al, 2015;Byeon & Hong, 2015). Therefore, parents' support for young learners is vital to ensure that the learning process occurs without any glitches (Mohring et al, 2020;Antipkina & Ludlow, 2020;Gugiu et al, 2019;Hoover-Dempsey et al, 2005;Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 1997). Furthermore, (Amber et al, 2020;Bozkurt, 2020) in their research found that parents need to inspire and guide the student during the online learning sessions so that students get the most out of the online learning mode.…”