Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Volume 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-252

Links between parenting styles, parent-child academic interaction, parent-school interaction, and early academic skills and social behaviors in young children of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants (Article)

Roopnarine J.L.* , Krishnakumar A. , Metindogan A. , Evans M.
  • a Department of Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1250, United States
  • b Department of Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1250, United States
  • c Department of Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1250, United States
  • d Eastern Connecticut State University, United States

Abstract

This study examined the influence of parenting styles, parent-child academic involvement at home, and parent-school contact on academic skills and social behaviors among kindergarten-age children of Caribbean immigrants. Seventy immigrant mothers and fathers participated in the study. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that fathers' authoritarian parenting style was negatively associated with and father-school contact was positively associated with receptive skills, vocabulary, and composite scores over and above that of mothers' contributions in these areas. Fathers' authoritative parenting style and father-child academic interaction at home were positively related to children's social behaviors. Mothers' authoritarian parenting style was negatively and mother-school contact was positively associated with children's social behaviors. Analyses indicated that fathers' parenting carried the weight of influence over mothers' parenting for facilitating both child academic skills and social behaviors. The roles of parenting styles, parent-academic activities, and parent-school contacts in early schooling are discussed. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Academic skills School contact Social behaviors Academic activities Caribbean immigrant families Parenting styles

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33646920902&doi=10.1016%2fj.ecresq.2006.04.007&partnerID=40&md5=943d4ad91528763d3fdc844aed019c0f
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.04.007
ISSN: 08852006
Cited by: 56
Original Language: English