Revista Complutense de Educacion
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 455-474

Motivational styles and educational expectations in immigrant families: An analysis based on case studies of Dominican immigrant families [Estilos motivacionales y expectativas educativas en las familias inmigrantes: Un análisis basado en el estudio de casos de familias inmigrantes de origen dominicano] (Article) (Open Access)

Alcalde R. , Hernández R.
  • a CER-GEDIME, Departamento de Sociología, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
  • b City College of New York, United States

Abstract

In this article, we present the results obtained from a qualitative research project focused on motivational style for study of Dominican immigrant mothers. We study the motivation oriented to learn and the motivation oriented to achievements. We think that this kind of analysis can help to understand the relationship between motivations and school achievement in immigrant family contexts Our unit of analysis was Dominican families, with children who lived in New York or Barcelona: we interviewed 28 mothers and sons and daughters. Our outputs show a high level of parental involvement and the prevalence of motivational models focus on outputs. Also they show the strong influence of educational and social expectations on the motivational ways to study. © 2018, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Dominican immigrants Parental involvement motivation Self-Concept school achievement

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045189014&doi=10.5209%2fRCED.52795&partnerID=40&md5=ec34b75a400d1b6e5e635a1be668eb6e
DOI: 10.5209/RCED.52795
ISSN: 11302496
Original Language: Spanish