The reproduction of educational inequalities - do parenting and child behavioural problems matter

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2301209
AutoresTill Kaiser (0000-0003-4984-1874, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany, autor de correspondencia), Jianghong Li (0000-0002-2544-7592, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany; Telethon KIDS Institute, University of Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research, Curtin University, Australia), Matthias Pollmann‐schult (0000-0002-0010-1667, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg), Matthias Pollmann-Schult (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg)
Año2019
Volumen62
Número4
Páginas420-439
Fecha de publicación2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0001699318785690
OpenAlexW2890671640
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas58

The strong link between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and children's success in school is well established. However, mechanisms that underpin this association remain a major issue in current research on social inequality. Using data from the Families in Germany Study and structural equation modelling, this study demonstrates that parenting styles and child behavioural problems explain, in part, the association between parental SES and child school grades for mathematics and German between the ages of 9 and 10. We found that parents with a low SES are more likely to be inconsistent in their parenting and to use psychological control with their children more often, these two factors being linked to child behavioural problems. Adverse parenting and behavioural problems are, in turn, associated with low school grades. Our findings also show that behavioural problems in children are associated with lower school grades independent of parenting style. These findings suggest that parenting styles and child behavioural problems and their interplay may be potential pathways that underpin the influence of parental SES on children's school achievement

Association (psychology · Developmental psychology · German · Inequality · Parenting styles · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Style (visual arts · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology