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Tess A. Shirefley – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT) emphasizes the role parents play in shaping children's confidence and value they place on science. Although a robust literature has documented parental influences on children's science motivations in school-based contexts, less is known about how parents' attitudes and support shape children's science…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Parent Influence, Student Motivation, Parent Attitudes
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Lee, Garam; Curti, Christina; Zambrano, Jeanette; Muragishi, Gregg Abe; Thoman, Dustin – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Differences in family background and culture contribute to belonging concerns for first-generation students during their transition to college (Stephens et al., 2012; Harackiewicz et al., 2016). We investigated whether variability in students' on-campus experience, in particular perceived faculty support, in the first semester of college predicts…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Generation College Students, Cultural Influences, Family Characteristics