Cultural Variability in Parent and Child Achievement Attributions: A Study from Hong Kong

Autor/in	Phillipson, Sivanes
Titel	Cultural Variability in Parent and Child Achievement Attributions: A Study from Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology, 26 (2006) 5, S.625-642 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-3410
Schlagwörter	Attribution Theory; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Public Schools; Demography; Parent Child Relationship; Grade 5; Grade 6; Socioeconomic Background; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Cross Cultural Studies; China; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Demografie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Sozioökonomische Lage; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Hongkong
Abstract	The primary aim of the present study was to investigate whether variations exist in child and parent attributions in predicting child academic achievement within a culture and between cultures. Participants were 158 students and their parents from three different primary schools in Hong Kong, including one British international school consisting of students who are predominantly from a British background and two Chinese public schools each with a distinct SES profile. This paper extends the findings of previous research whereby Western parents attribute their child's success to ability and Chinese parents attribute their child's success to effort. Additionally, this study found that the Chinese children's attributions differed according to the SES catchments of their schools; children from higher SES were inclined to attribute success to effort. The results are discussed in terms of parent and child attributions' prediction of child's academic achievement within Hong Kong's family demographic. (Contains 1 figure and 6 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10