%0 Journal Article
%T Parent Educational Involvement in Middle School: Longitudinal Influences on Student Outcomes
%A Argero A. Zerr
%A Elizabeth Stormshak
%A John R. Seeley
%A S. Andrew Garbacz
%A Thomas J. Dishion
%J The Journal of Early Adolescence
%@ 1552-5449
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0272431616687670
%X The present study examined influences of sixth-grade student-reported parent educational involvement on early adolescent peer group affiliations at seventh and eighth grade. In addition, student gender and ethnicity were explored as possible moderators. Drawn from a large effectiveness trial, participants in this study were 5,802 early adolescents across 20 middle schools in the northwest region of the United States. Findings suggested that specifically parent¡¯s educational involvement in sixth grade predicted increases in positive peer affiliation, when controlling for a general score of parent monitoring practices. The relation between parent educational involvement and peer affiliation varied by student ethnicity but not by gender. Findings suggest the social benefits of parent¡¯s engagement with the school context on early adolescent development
%K family
%K parenting
%K parent-adolescent relationships
%K peer groups
%K peer relationships
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0272431616687670