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Family and School Spillover in Adolescents’ Daily Lives
Author(s) -
Flook Lisa,
Fuligni Andrew J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01157.x
Subject(s) - psychology , spillover effect , stressor , developmental psychology , multilevel model , longitudinal study , academic achievement , clinical psychology , medicine , pathology , machine learning , computer science , economics , microeconomics
This study examined spillover between daily family stressors and school problems among 589 ninth‐grade students (mean age = 14.9 years) from Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Spillover was examined using a daily diary methodology in which adolescents reported on their school and family experiences each day for 2 weeks. Analyses using hierarchical linear modeling revealed reciprocal spillover effects between adolescents’ daily functioning in the family and school domains that spanned several days. Longitudinal analyses indicated that spillover between family stressors and school problems also occurs across the high school years, from 9th to 12th grade, and that both are predictive of poorer academic performance in 12th grade. These findings have practical implications for adolescents’ academic achievement trajectories and general well‐being.