Understanding when parental aspirations negatively affect student outcomes: The case of aspiration-expectation inconsistency

Trinidad, Jose Eos

doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.01.004

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“…When parents held lower aspirations than their children’s expectations, it implied that children had higher requirements on themselves. This internal motivation, different from external motivation from parents, exerted less influence on their psychological well-being [ 25 ]. Therefore, we found no significant effect of the situation in which parents’ educational aspirations were lower than children’s educational expectations on the mental health of left-behind children.…”

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“…They found that adolescents whose aspirations exceeded their expectations would achieve lower grades. Based on the dataset of Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 in United States, Trinidad [ 25 ] found that students’ school performance was negatively associated with parents’ over-aspiration (higher than children’s educational expectation) with a sample of 7635 students from senior high school students (Grade 10) in the United States.…”

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The Influence of Discrepancies between Parents’ Educational Aspirations and Children’s Educational Expectations on Depressive Symptoms of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

Man

Liu

Bai

2021

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Although long-term separation has made discrepancies between parents’ educational aspirations and children’s own educational expectations among families with left-behind children (LBC), limited researches on the influence of these discrepancies on children’s mental health are carried out at present. Based on China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) conducted in 2018, we selected 875 LBC aged 9~15 as the sample, explored the influence of the direction and degree of these discrepancies on LBC’s depressive symptoms by hierarchical regression, and examined the mediating role of children’s academic self-efficacy and mediation effect pathway with Baron and Kenny method and Bootstrap mediation analysis methods. Results showed that LBC’s mental health was worse when parents’ educational aspirations were higher than their children’s educational expectations, compared to that without discrepancies. The degree of such discrepancies was negatively associated with LBC’s mental health. In the relationship between the direction of discrepancies and LBC’s depressive symptoms, academic self-efficacy played a mediating role partially. In addition, the study indicated that mothers played a significant role in the development of LBC’s mental health. These findings also provided critical evidence for the intervention practice of LBC’s mental health.

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The Influence of Discrepancies between Parents’ Educational Aspirations and Children’s Educational Expectations on Depressive Symptoms of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

Man

Liu

Bai

2021

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“…Oleh karena itu, ketika mahasiswa mempersepsikan ekspektasi orang tuanya dengan negatif karena ia menilai performa dirinya lebih rendah dibandingkan performa yang diharapkan oleh orangtuanya, ia cenderung memiliki self worth yang lebih rendah (Agliata & Renk, 2008). Hasil ini sejalan pula dengan penelitian Trinidad (2019) yang menunjukkan bahwa adanya ekspektasi orang tua yang unrealistic untuk dicapai dapat menurunkan performa mahasiswa secara keseluruhan.…”

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Keterkaitan Persepsi Terhadap Ekspektasi Orang Tua Dengan Kesulitan Dalam Mengambil Keputusan Karier Pada Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir

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Yudiana

2021

JPSP

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Jenjang mahasiswa merupakan tahap pengambilan keputusan karier yang berkaitan dengan dunia kerja. Namun,ditemukan bahwa mahasiswa tingkat akhir mengalami kesulitan dalam memutuskan kariernya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelusuri keterkaitan antara persepsi terhadap ekspektasi orang tua dengan kesulitan dalam mengambil keputusan karier pada mahasiswa tingkat akhir. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan non-eksperimental yaitu korelasional dan data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah simple random sampling. Penelitian dilakukan terhadap 103 mahasiswa tingkat akhir. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah Living up to Parental Expectation Inventory dan Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya hubungan negatif antara keduanya, di mana semakin negatif seseorang memersepsikan ekspektasi orang tuanya, maka akan semakin tinggi dia merasa kesulitan dalam mengambil keputusan karier (r=-0.28, p<0.05). Penelitian ini menunjukan pentingnya komunikasi antara mahasiswa tingkat akhir dan orang tua.

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“…There might however also be potential negative effects of overambitious parents, in particular if high parental education aspirations are not aligned with those of their children (Yamamoto and Holloway, 2010;Murayama et al, 2016;Trinidad, 2019) or, vice versa, if children have higher educational aspirations than their parents have for them, as may be the case for instance during periods of educational expansion. While the effects of high educational aspirations on later attainment are well studied, there is less attention to the match between parental and children's aspirations.…”

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Incongruence between parental and adolescent educational aspirations hinders academic attainment

Schoon

Burger

2022

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

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Previous research has shown that parental educational aspirations for their children are an important predictor of children’s academic attainment. However, recent studies have pointed to potential negative effects, in particular if there is a mismatch between parental educational aspirations and the aspirations of their children. This study examines (1) the role of socio-demographic and school achievement–related factors in shaping a potential (mis)match between parental educational aspirations and the aspirations of their children, and (2) whether incongruence between parental and their children’s educational aspirations hinders academic attainment in times of social change. We use data collected for the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study (BCS70) and Next Steps (formerly known as the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England), a cohort of young people born in 1989/90. We find that in both cohorts socio-demographic and achievement-related characteristics are associated with incongruent aspirations, and that incongruent aspirations between parents and their children are associated with a decreased likelihood of participating in and completing higher education. The study contributes to current debates regarding the causes and correlates of discrepancies in educational aspirations and how such discrepancies affect later life chances.

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Understanding when parental aspirations negatively affect student outcomes: The case of aspiration-expectation inconsistency

Cited by 17 publications

References 60 publications

The Influence of Discrepancies between Parents’ Educational Aspirations and Children’s Educational Expectations on Depressive Symptoms of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

The Influence of Discrepancies between Parents’ Educational Aspirations and Children’s Educational Expectations on Depressive Symptoms of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

Keterkaitan Persepsi Terhadap Ekspektasi Orang Tua Dengan Kesulitan Dalam Mengambil Keputusan Karier Pada Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir

Incongruence between parental and adolescent educational aspirations hinders academic attainment

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