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How Parental Homework Stress Affects the Effectiveness of Parental Homework Involvement in China: A Family Stress Approach

Auteurs: Qin Gao, Zenan Zhang, Wenhui Xie, Ran Bian

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 1/2025

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Abstract

Assisting children with homework can be a major stressor in Chinese parents’ lives. Drawing upon the Family Stress Model (FSM), our study examines the indirect effects of parental homework stress on children’s academic functioning, as well as the moderating effect of family socioeconomic status (SES). A pilot study is first conducted to develop and test a parental homework involvement style scale to capture the characteristics of supportive and controlling parental homework involvement in Chinese culture. In the main study, a total of 291 parent-child dyads participated in our survey. The results showed that parental homework stress is linked to negative aspects of children’s academic functioning through the chain mediation of lower levels of coparental support and supportive homework involvement. Multiple group path analysis revealed that, however, in low-income families, parental homework stress undermines children’s academic functioning through both reduced supportive involvement and increased controlling involvement, whereas in high-income families, this impact is channeled solely by the chain mediation of decreased coparental support and supportive involvement. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the parental homework stress process by applying the FSM to the homework context for the first time. It also adds to the homework involvement literature in exploring the potential antecedents of homework involvement styles.
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We provided individual research results for participants based on the following two reasons. First, when we obtained consent in the pilot study, many parents and children requested individual-specific test results. Second, given participants’ desire to receive their results, we believe results delivery can also serve as an effective quality control strategy for the main study’s online data collection. Because receiving individual research results was shown to be a strong incentive for participation and engagement in research (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2018). To obtain accurate reports, participants need to respond to the online questionnaires seriously.
 
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For the pilot study, the same test on the whole sample also indicated that children’s perception of parental support (M = 3.71) was significantly higher than that of parental control (M = 2.43, t[412] = 18.46, p < 0.01).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
How Parental Homework Stress Affects the Effectiveness of Parental Homework Involvement in China: A Family Stress Approach
Auteurs
Qin Gao
Zenan Zhang
Wenhui Xie
Ran Bian
Publicatiedatum
03-12-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 1/2025
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02964-2