There is inconsistency in the current literature regarding the association between parenting behaviors and educational attainment for adolescents. Further, current studies are limited in that they do not address macro-level community influences on educational attainment. Such studies are also less inclined to extend such associations into young adulthood. In this study, I examined the effect of four parenting behaviors - parental involvement, parental warmth, parental expectations, and parental monitoring - on educational attainment in adolescence and in young adulthood. Further, the effects of community poverty on adolescents' educational attainment were explored. Findings were also extended to young adulthood. Using a large, nationally representative, and longitudinal sample, results from regression analyses suggested that all four parenting behaviors had a significant effect on adolescents' and young adults' educational attainment. There were also several other individual level factors that influenced these associations. Further, results from hierarchical linear modeling analyses suggested a significant association between community poverty and educational attainment among adolescents and young adults. Finally, several interactions between individual-level factors and community poverty were found. Implications of the findings are discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Family and Child Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2013. / March 6, 2013. / Adolescent development, Community poverty, Parental Influences, Young
Adulthood / Includes bibliographical references. / Ming Cui, Professor Directing Dissertation; Eric Stewart, University Representative; B. Kay Pasley, Committee Member; Marsha Rehm, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183735 |
| Contributors | Gordon, Mellissa (authoraut), Cui, Ming (professor directing dissertation), Stewart, Eric (university representative), Pasley, B. Kay (committee member), Rehm, Marsha (committee member), Department of Family and Child Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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