Parental autonomy support
Overview
- Influence: Parental autonomy support
- Domain: Home
- Sub-Domain: Home environment
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: The promotion of independence or self-endorsed behavior by parents. Parental autonomy support takes many forms. In one form, the “promotion of independent functioning,” parents encourage their children to rely on themselves and make their own decisions, often in line with parental values. In another form, “promotion of volitional functioning,” parents encourage their offspring to explore, find their own sense of meaning, and make their own decisions based on their own interests and values.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 7
- Number of studies: 431
- Number of students: 364,153
- Number of effects: 424
- Effect size: 0.12
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Psychology Review | Vasquez, Patall, Fong, Corrigan, & Pine | USA | Parent autonomy support, academic achievement, and psychosocial functioning: A meta-analysis of research | 2015 | Parent Autonomy support | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0.22 |
| Unpublished Thesis | Cor | Canada | Clarifying the relationship between autonomy support, motivation, performance, and educational outcomes | 2008 | Parent Autonomy support | 14 | 1,998 | 14 | 0.11 |
| Developmental Psychology | Pinquart & Kauser | USA | Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis | 2017 | Authoritative parenting | 55 | 0 | 51 | 0.30 |
| Developmental Psychology | Pinquart & Kauser | USA | Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis | 2017 | Authoritarian parenting | 51 | 0 | 39 | -0.34 |
| Developmental Psychology | Pinquart & Kauser | USA | Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis | 2017 | Permissive parenting | 39 | 0 | 28 | 0.02 |
| Developmental Psychology | Pinquart & Kauser | USA | Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis | 2017 | Neglectful parenting | 28 | 0 | 55 | 0.39 |
| Educational Psychology Review | Pinquart | Germany | Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis | 2015 | Parental responsiveness, control, autonomy, and authoritative parenting | 208 | 362,155 | 208 | 0.13 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 431 | 364,153 | 424 | 0.12 | |||||
Confidence
The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:
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Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
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Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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Number of Students
- 1 = 1–2,500
- 2 = 2,501–10,000
- 3 = 10,000–20,000
- 4 = 20,000–100,000
- 5 = 100,001+
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Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+
| Number of Meta-Analyses | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Overall Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Factor | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |