Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2011 Mar 18;82(3):932–950. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01582.x

Table 3.

Effects of Parents' Involvement on Children's Engagement and Performance

United States China

Child Adjustment Std. Unstd. SE Std. Unstd. SE
Investment
 Longitudinal intercept effect .24*** (.20***) .51 (.34) .10 (.07) .21*** (.21***) .51 (.34) .10 (.07)
 Slope effect .27*** (.18*) 2.55 (1.40) .66 (.57) .26*** (.19*) 2.55 (1.40) .66 (.57)
Time on homework
 Longitudinal intercept effect .15** (.15**) 1.49 (1.07) .51 (.39) .08** (.08**) 1.49 (1.07) .51 (.39)
 Slope effect .17* (.19*) 8.39 (8.20) 4.05 (3.72) .12* (.17*) 8.39 (8.20) 4.05 (3.72)
Self-regulated learning strategies
 Longitudinal intercept effect .20*** (.16***) .28 (.18) .08 (.05) .18*** (.18***) .28 (.18) .08 (.05)
 Slope effect .47*** (.21**) 2.73 (.80) .54 (.28) .39*** (.23**) 2.73 (.80) .54 (.28)
Achievement
 Longitudinal intercept effect .08** (.06**) .13 (.08) .04 (.03) .07** (.06**) .13 (.08) .04 (.03)
 Slope effect .03 (.07) .23 (.41) .24 (.24) .03 (.07) .23 (.41) .24 (.24)

Note. Unstd. = Unstandardized estimates; Std. = Standardized estimates. Because there were no differences in the estimates between the United States and China, the effects (e.g., longitudinal intercept effect) on which the estimates are based were constrained between the two countries.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.