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The Influence of Academic Support on Latino Adolescents’ Academic Motivation
Author(s) -
Alfaro Edna C.,
UmañaTaylor Adriana J.,
Bámaca Mayra Y.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00402.x
Subject(s) - psychology , salience (neuroscience) , developmental psychology , path analysis (statistics) , academic achievement , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , cognitive psychology
The current study examined the extent to which mothers, fathers, teachers, and teenage friends influenced Latino adolescents’ academic motivation. Using path analysis, separate models were tested for 154 Latino boys and 156 Latina girls. Findings indicated that mothers’ and teachers’ academic support were positively related to adolescent girls’ academic motivation, and fathers’ and teachers’ academic support were positively related to adolescent boys’ academic motivation. The salience of teachers’ support, possible reasons for gender differences, and implications for future research are discussed.