Past research has established clear educational inequities between young people with disabilities and their peers. In part, some of these may be attributed to expectations. this study, we examined whether parental expectations were related school functioning at high school, broadly defined as ease frequency engagement in school-based activities. Using the Longitudinal Study Australian Children ...

The study examines the adaptation of educational expectations. It focuses on expectations that parents have their children during transition from primary to secondary school in Germany. During this transition, students are placed into different ability tracks. is examined whether react information about child's achievement by adjusting or nonreactive conveyed track placement. hypothesized more ...

To support holistic development, adolescent student-athletes are encouraged to integrate sport with education/academics (i.e., dual careers). Career adaptability, as a psychological resource, may help youth athletes cope transitions and successfully manage their careers. Individuals plan higher expectations for the future demonstrate career adaptability better prepared future. In present study,...

African American children are more likely to be poor and live in households that are ‘‘asset poor,’’ with no or very little net worth. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its Child Development Supplement, this article explores whether living in a household with net worth above the sample median seems to promote educational success and the development of human capital over time, irrespe...

OBJECTIVE Utilizing the conceptual framework of the Social Information Processing (SIP) model (Milner, 1993, 2000), associations between cognitive risk factors and child physical abuse risk and maladaptive discipline style and practices were examined in an at-risk population. METHODS Seventy-three mothers of 5-12-year-old children, who were identified by their therapist as having an externali...

BACKGROUND Parents play a vital role as children develop tobacco behaviours. Many parents feel unsure about their possibility to influence their teenager's lifestyle. Knowledge about young people's acceptance for parental intervention could increase parental involvement. The overall objective of this study was to explore adolescents' perceptions and expectations of parental action regarding chi...