Sex differences in educational encouragement and academic achievement
Sex differences in educational encouragement and their predictiveness of academic achievement were examined among 442 secondary school students (M age = 13.2 yr., SD = 1.9). Education-related encouragement received from mothers, fathers, friends, and teachers was assessed. Academic achievement was b...
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AmSci Publications
2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33506/ http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/10.11.21.PR0.111.4.149-155 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| Summary: | Sex differences in educational encouragement and their predictiveness of academic achievement were examined among 442 secondary school students (M age = 13.2 yr., SD = 1.9). Education-related encouragement received from mothers, fathers, friends, and teachers was assessed. Academic achievement was based on student self-reports and grades. Female adolescents reported receiving statistically significantly more educational encouragement from their mothers, fathers, friends, and teachers than did male adolescents. In regression, sex and educational encouragement from parents, friends, and teachers were found to be significant predictors of academic achievement. |
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