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The How, Whom, and Why of Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Academic Lives: More Is Not Always Better
- E. Pomerantz, E. Moorman, Scott D. Litwack
- Psychology
- 1 September 2007
A key goal of much educational policy is to help parents become involved in children’s academic lives. The focus of such efforts, as well as much of the extant research, has generally been on… Expand
The role of parents' control in early adolescents' psychological functioning: a longitudinal investigation in the United States and China.
- Q. Wang, E. Pomerantz, H. Chen
- Psychology, Medicine
- Child development
- 1 September 2007
This research compared the effects over time of parents' control and autonomy support on children's functioning in the United States and China. American and Chinese (N = 806) seventh graders (mean… Expand
Attitude strength and resistance processes.
- E. Pomerantz, S. Chaiken, R. S. Tordesillas
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 September 1995
This study examined whether multiple indicators of attitude strength form general dimensions that foster differential pathways to resistance. Ego involvement, certainty, personal importance,… Expand
Why Does Parents' Involvement Enhance Children's Achievement? The Role of Parent-Oriented Motivation.
- C. Cheung, E. Pomerantz
- Psychology
- 1 August 2012
This research examined the idea that children's parent-oriented motivation underlies the benefits of parents' involvement on children's engagement and ultimately achievement in school. Beginning in… Expand
Issues and Challenges in Studying Parental Control: Toward a New Conceptualization
- W. Grolnick, E. Pomerantz
- Psychology
- 1 December 2009
Abstract— Although investigators have long considered parents’ exertion of control over children as a central part of the socialization process, the study of control has been marked by conceptual and… Expand
Sex differences in math performance: The role of children's approach to schoolwork.
- Gwen A Kenney-Benson, E. Pomerantz, A. Ryan, H. Patrick
- Psychology, Medicine
- Developmental psychology
- 2006
This research examined whether the tendency for girls to outperform boys in the classroom is due to differences in how girls and boys approach schoolwork. In 5th grade and then again in 7th grade,… Expand
Making the Grade but Feeling Distressed: Gender Differences in Academic Performance and Internal Distress
- E. Pomerantz, E. Altermatt, Jill L. Saxon
- Psychology
- 19 August 2002
There is disagreement over whether girls or boys are at risk in the context of school. Girls outperform boys in school, particularly in stereotypically feminine subjects. However, girls are also more… Expand
Maternal intrusive support in the academic context: transactional socialization processes.
- E. Pomerantz, M. Eaton
- Psychology, Medicine
- Developmental psychology
- 1 March 2001
Although transactional models of socialization have received support, there has been little investigation of the processes involved. The goal of this research was to move in this direction in the… Expand
The implications of having high-achieving versus low-achieving friends: A longitudinal analysis
- E. Altermatt, E. Pomerantz
- Psychology
- 1 February 2005
The present research examines the achievement-related implications of establishing friendships with high-achieving versus low-achieving classmates. Fifth- , sixth- , and seventh-grade students… Expand
Parents' involvement in children's learning in the United States and China: implications for children's academic and emotional adjustment.
- Cecilia S Cheung, E. Pomerantz
- Psychology, Medicine
- Child development
- 1 May 2011
This research examined parents' involvement in children's learning in the United States and China. Beginning in seventh grade, 825 American and Chinese children (mean age=12.74 years) reported on… Expand