scholarly journals Parenting Attitudes Profiles as Perceived by Adolescents: The Influence of Parents’ Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem and Academic Engagement and Academic Helplessness of the Adolescents Associated with the Profiles

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-231
Author(s):  
Ppudah Ki
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Korean Children ◽  
Parenting Attitude

The study set out to identify the number of types of parental attitude profiles and their characteristics, as perceived by adolescents. The study also examined whether predictor variables (parent life satisfaction and self-esteem) influence parenting attitude profiles and whether these profiles, in turn, influence adolescent academic engagement and academic helplessness. The sample consisted of data on 2,590 adolescents and their parents from the 2018 Korean Children and Youths Panel Survey (KCYPS). The adolescents were in the first grade of middle school. Using Mplus, the author applied latent profile analysis to identify the parenting attitude profiles and predictor and outcome variables associated with these profiles. Three profiles were identified based on major features: (1) coercion-inconsistency (8.3%), (2) general (47.3%), and (3) warmth-autonomy support (44.4%). Parent life satisfaction and self-esteem predicted the classification of the profiles. Also, the parental profiles identified the level of adolescent academic engagement and academic helplessness. The findings have important implications for family policies and practices given the significance of parent psychological status, particularly life satisfaction and self-esteem, on their adolescent children’s academic engagement and academic helplessness.

Examining the Long-Term Stability of a Strengths-Based Screener Over 2 Years

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 767-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy Warmbold-Brann ◽  
Melissa A. Maras ◽  
Joni W. Splett ◽  
Marissa Smith-Millman ◽  
Hannah Dinnen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Time Profile ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Mental Health Programs

The success of universal screening for effective school mental health programs is dependent on the availability of usable measures as well as empirically based recommendations for use. The current study examined the long-term stability of a strengths-based social-emotional screening tool, the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment-Mini (DESSA-Mini). Elementary teachers rated students ( N = 273; kindergarten and first grade at Time 1) 3 times per year over 2 years to identify students for early intervention. Stability coefficients were moderate to large for continuous and categorical data but lower between years, and a transition matrix demonstrated greater movement across categories compared with prior research. A latent profile analysis with all six time-point T-Scores indicated four stability profiles. Three patterns were stable across all times while one profile improved over time. Profile results were compared with covariates of free and reduced-price lunch, special education, and intervention status as well as outcomes of reading achievement and behavior referrals. Practice implications and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Is “Response/No Response” Too Simple a Notion for RTI Frameworks? Exploring Multiple Response Types With Latent Profile Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 454-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Peng ◽  
Douglas Fuchs ◽  
Lynn S. Fuchs ◽  
Eunsoo Cho ◽  
Amy M. Elleman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Letter Knowledge ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Z Scores ◽  
Latent Profile

We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a randomized control trial to explore this question: Does “response/no response” best characterize students’ reactions to a generally efficacious first-grade reading program, or is a more nuanced characterization necessary? Data were collected on 265 at-risk readers’ word reading prior to and immediately following program implementation in first grade and in spring of second grade. Pretreatment data were also obtained on domain-specific skills (letter knowledge, decoding, passage comprehension, language) and domain-general skills (working memory, non-verbal reasoning). Latent profile analysis of word reading across the three time points with controls as a local norm revealed a strongly responsive group ( n = 45) with mean word-reading z scores of 0.25, 1.64, and 1.26 at the three time points, respectively; a mildly responsive group ( n = 109), z scores = 0.30, 0.47, and 0.55; a mildly non-responsive group ( n = 90), z scores = −0.11, −0.15, and −0.55; and a strongly non-responsive group ( n = 21), z scores = −1.24, −1.26, and −1.57. The two responsive groups had stronger pretreatment letter knowledge and passage comprehension than the two non-responsive groups. The mildly non-responsive group demonstrated better pretreatment passage comprehension than the strongly non-responsive group. No domain-general skill distinguished the four groups. Findings suggest response to early reading intervention was more complicated than response/no response, and pretreatment reading comprehension was an important predictor of response even with pretreatment word reading controlled.

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