Open AccessInvestigating Impact of Parental Motivations and Involvement within a Developing Country
Author(s) -
Michael Asamani Pobbi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of quality in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2028-1897
DOI - 10.37870/joqie.v11i18.265
Subject(s) - structural equation modeling , psychology , cronbach's alpha , equivalence (formal languages) , bootstrapping (finance) , theory of planned behavior , path analysis (statistics) , norm (philosophy) , reliability (semiconductor) , social psychology , perceived control , developmental psychology , control (management) , psychometrics , econometrics , statistics , mathematics , computer science , power (physics) , physics , discrete mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , political science , law
This research investigated the effects of attitude and beliefs, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control on parents’ home-based and school-based involvement in child education. The paper reports quantitative findings from a cross-sectional survey based on a concurrent mixed design. Primary data was collected from five hundred and sixty (560) parents who were selected randomly from deprived and non-deprived districts across six regions of Ghana. The Cronbach α of reliability for attitude and belief, perceived behavioural control, subjective norm, home-based and school-based involvement exceeded the minimum threshold. Results from structural equation modelling analysis based on a bootstrapping technique reveal that the model of the study was confirmed, as the data showed equivalence to model assessment measures including CFI = 0.979, TLI = 0.975, GFI = 0.942, AGFI = 0.922, RMSEA = 0.049, χ2/df = 2.292. The finding of the study indicated that attitude and beliefs, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control of parents significantly impact home-based involvement, whiles perceived behavioural control and subjective norms of parents had significantly impact on school-based involvement.