Poverty, family resources and children’s early educational attainment: the mediating role of parenting

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen E. Kiernan ◽  
Fiona K. Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Mediating Role

Early Child–Parent Relationship Quality and Cognitive Function in Older Rural Chinese Adults: The Mediating Role of Educational Attainment

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432199656
Author(s):  
Changmin Peng ◽  
Jeffrey A. Burr ◽  
Dong Yang ◽  
Nan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Early Child ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Parent Relationship

Objectives: Framed within a life course perspective and cognitive reserve theory, this study examined the mediating role of educational attainment for the association between child–parent relationships during childhood and cognitive function among older adults in rural China. Methods: Data were obtained from three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ( N = 9809). We employed latent growth curve modeling to test the association among early child–parent relationship quality, educational attainment, and cognitive function in later life. Results: Early child–mother relationship quality was associated with the level and change in cognitive function. Early child–father relationship quality was only related to baseline cognitive function. Educational attainment mediated the relationship between early child–parent relationship quality with mothers and fathers and cognitive function. Discussion: Parental relationship experience in childhood was one distal factor related to cognitive function among older adults. The findings supported the long-term impacts of childhood conditions for later life health consequences.

Spirituality and quality of life in women with breast cancer: The role of hope and educational attainment

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Saeed Pahlevan Sharif ◽  
Rebecca H. Lehto ◽  
Mohammadreza Amiri ◽  
Ashraf Sadat Ahadzadeh ◽  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Higher Educational Attainment ◽  
Spiritual Counseling

Abstract Objective This study investigated relationships among spirituality, hope, and overall quality of life in Muslim women with breast cancer in Malaysia. Method A cross-sectional descriptive design with a convenience sample of 145 Malay patients was used. The mediating role of hope in the relationship between spirituality and quality of life as well as the moderating effect of education level on the spirituality hope link were examined. Results Participants with higher self-reported spirituality reported more hope (b = 6.345, p < 0.001) and higher levels of quality of life (b = 1.065, p < 0.001). Higher educational attainment weakened relationships between spirituality and hope (b = −1.460, p < 0.001). Significance of results The role of advanced education in contributing to lessened hope in relation to spirituality emphasizes the importance of skilled and personalized spiritual counseling in the respective socio-cultural religious context.

scholarly journals Why Parental Unemployment Matters for Children’s Educational Attainment: Empirical Evidence from The Netherlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Mooi-Reci ◽  
Bart Bakker ◽  
Matthew Curry ◽  
Mark Wooden
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Unemployment Duration ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Parental Unemployment ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Dutch Children

Abstract This study examines the effect of parents’ unemployment on their children’s subsequent educational attainment. Its theoretical significance lies on its focus to test the mediating role of parents’ changing work ethics during spells of unemployment. Integrating multiple survey and administrative data sources, our estimates are based on a sample of Dutch children (n = 812) who were exposed to their parents’ unemployment during the previous economic crisis in the early 1980s. Our results reveal a direct negative effect between fathers’ unemployment duration and their children’s educational attainment and also an indirect effect through mothers’ changing attitudes towards work. We also find empirical evidence that mothers’ and fathers’ whose views about work become more pessimistic lead to reduced educational attainment among their children.

Family Resources and Community Social Capital as Routes to Valued Employment in the UK?

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Bruegel ◽  
Simon Warren
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Individual Child ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Linking Social Capital ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk

This paper analyses existing research on social capital, school choice and educational attainment to consider the questions that need to be answered if the role of social capital in reducing or extending social inequality is to be addressed. We identify a need to distinguish between: social surveillance and genuinely educative forms of social capital; between parent–pupil interactions and family: school links that generate positive external spin-overs and those that simply enhance the competitive position of the individual child. We argue for a more gendered and more child-centred analysis of social capital that considers the role of social capital in protecting and enhancing school reputation, and for an analysis which considers possible linkages between bonding, bridging and linking social capital.

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