"
Skip to Content
Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Parental expectations

Overview

  • Influence: Parental expectations
  • Domain: Home
  • Sub-Domain: Home environment
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: The level of perceived expectations or aspirations that parents have for the achievement success of their students.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 429
  • Number of students: 4,247,320
  • Number of effects: 403
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.50
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

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
Book Phillipson USA Parental expectations on school achievement 2013 Parental expectations 82 0 56 0.77
Urban Education Jeynes USA A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between the Parental Expectations Component of Parental Involvement with Students' Academic Achievement. 2022 Parental expectations 54 3,631,825 54 0.37
Educational Psychology Review Pinquart & Ebeling Germany Parental educational expectations and academic achievement in children and adolescents - a meta-analysis 2019 Parental expectations 169 538,548 169 0.63
The Korean Journal of Educational Psychology Kang, Lee, & Song Korea Meta-analysis of the student's perceived parental achievement pressure and the relationship between a child's academic performance, test instability, stress, and self-esteem. 2021 Parental expectations 124 76,947 124 0.21
TOTAL/AVERAGE 429 4,247,320 403 0.50
Back to top