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Bibliography on Family Involvement and Adolescence 1999-2003

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Year 2003 Publications
- Journal Articles
- Dissertations and Theses
Year 2002 Publications
Year 2001 Publications
Year 2000 Publications
Year 1999 Publications

Introduction: Bibliographies Compiled by FINE

To compile these bibliographies we searched the electronic databases ERIC, Education Abstracts, PsychINFO, SocioFILE, Current Contents, and Dissertation Abstracts using combinations of the keywords “parent,” “family,” “home,” “teacher,” and “school.” We further revised our searches using specific terms such as “family school relationships,” “parent teacher cooperation,” “teacher training,” and “family involvement.” We read abstracts from this initial list of publications, selecting empirical studies relating to family involvement that were conducted primarily within the United States.

Please note that this compilation is not reviewed, nor does it represent the universe of recent family involvement research. We therefore invite member suggestions for additions to our listing. To make suggestions, please contact FINE at fine@gse.harvard.edu.

Year 2003 Publications

Year 2003 Journal Articles

Anguiano, R. P. V. (2003). Families and schools: The effect of parental involvement on high school completion. Journal of Family Issues, 25(1), 61–85.

Clark, S. N., & Clark, D. C. (2003). The Middle School Achievement Project: Involving parents and community in school improvement. Middle School Journal, 34(3), 12–19.

Morrison, E. F., Rimm-Kauffman, S., & Pianta, R. C. (2003). A longitudinal study of mother-child interactions at school entry and social and academic outcomes in middle school. Journal of School Psychology, 41(3), 185–200.

Seidman, E., Lambert, L. E., Allen, L., & Aber, J. L. (2003). Urban adolescents' transition to junior high school and protective family transactions. Journal of Early Adolescence, 23(2), 166–193.

Simons-Morton, B. G., & Crump, A. D. (2003). Association of parental involvement and social competence with school adjustment and engagement among sixth graders. Journal of School Health, 73(3), 121–126.

Strom, P. S., & Strom, R. D. (2003). Teacher-parent communication reforms. High School Journal, 86(2), 14–21.

Toney, L. P., Kelley, M. L., & Lanclos, N. F. (2003). Self- and parental monitoring of homework in adolescents: Comparative effects on parents' perceptions of homework behavior problems. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 25(1), 35–51.

Trusty, J., Plata, M., & Salazar, C. F. (2003). Modeling Mexican Americans' educational expectations: Longitudinal effects of variables across adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Research, 18(2), 131–153.

Van Voorhis, F. L. (2003). Interactive homework in middle school: effects on family involvement and science achievement: Teachers involve parents in schoolwork (TIPS). Journal of Educational Research, 96(6), 323–338.

Xu, J., & Yuan, R. (2003). Doing homework: Listening to students,' parents,' and teachers' voices in one urban middle school community. The School Community Journal, 13(2), 25–44.

Xu, J. Z., & Corno, L. (2003). Family help and homework management reported by middle school students. Elementary School Journal, 103(5), 503–517.

Year 2003 Dissertations and Theses

Finding Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations published by Dissertation Abstracts International are available from ProQuest Digital Dissertations through your library or institution. If your library does not subscribe to ProQuest or if you are looking for a dissertation or thesis that is not published, your library may be able to borrow the item through an interlibrary loan. Another option is to check the website www.theses.org where some U.S. and international universities make their dissertations and theses available electronically.

Bowen, L. A. (2003). Family school partnerships in Rhode Island suburban middle schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI.

Hollie-Major, R. D. (2003). Parent involvement for college-bound, first generation African-American high school students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64(01), 74A. (UMI No. 3077551)

McIntosh, H. (2003). A descriptive profile of parental involvement in selected Kentucky middle schools. Dissertation Abstracts International, 63(12), 4173A. (UMI No. 3074497)

Merx, G. G. (2003). Parent-school interaction patterns at three California public high schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University, Claremont, CA.

Peiffer, P. A. (2003). An examination of attitudes of high school principals toward parental involvement in Michigan's schools. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64(2), 361A. (UMI No. 3081414)

Schlenker, S. W. (2003). Parent involvement in public high schools. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64(3), 851A. (UMI No. 3085444)

Year 2002 Publications

Year 2002 Journal Articles

Academic success among African American and Latino adolescents [Special issue]. (2002). Applied Developmental Science, 6(2).

Auerbach, S. (2002). “Why do they give the good classes to some and not to others?” – Latino parent narratives of struggle in a college access program. Teachers College Record, 104(7), 1369–1392.

Catsambis, S. (2002). Expanding knowledge of parental involvement in children's secondary education: Connections with high school seniors' academic success. Social Psychology of Education, 5, 2, 149–177.

Coatsworth, J. D., Pantin, H., & Szapocznik, J. (2002). Families unidas: A family-centered ecodevelopmental intervention to reduce risk for problem behavior among Hispanic adolescents. Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review, 5(2), 113–132.

Constantine, M. G., & Blackmon, S. M. (2002). Black adolescents' racial socialization experiences: Their relations to home, school and peer self-esteem. Journal of Black Studies, 32, 322–335.

Cooper, C. R. (2002). Five bridges along students' pathways to college: A developmental blueprint of families, teachers, counselors, mentors, and peers in the Puente project. Educational Policy, 16(4), 607–622.

Deslandes, R., & Cloutier, R. (2002). Adolescents' perception of parental involvement in schooling. School Psychology International, 23, 220–232.

Dunst, C. J. (2002). Family-centered practices: Birth through high school. The Journal of Special Education, 36(3), 139–147.

Gonzalez, A. R. (2002). Parental involvement: Its contribution to high school students' motivation. The Clearing House, 75(3), 132–134.

Kenny, M. E., Gallagher, L. A., Alvarez-Salvat, R., & Silsby, J. (2002). Sources of support and psychological distress among academically successful inner-city youth. Adolescence, 37, 161–182.

Kim, K., & Rohner, R. P. (2002). Parental warmth, control, and involvement in schooling: Predicting academic achievement among Korean American adolescents. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33, 127–140.

McNichol, S. J., & Dalton, P. (2002). “The best way is always through the children”: The impact of family reading. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46(3), 246–253.

Rankin, B. H., & Quane, J. M. (2002). Social contexts and urban adolescent outcomes: The interrelated effects of neighborhoods, families, and peers on African-American youth. Social Problems, 49, 79–100.

Rodriguez, J. L. (2002). Family environment and achievement among three generations of Mexican American high school students. Applied Developmental Science, 6, 88–94.

Sartor, C. E., & Youniss, J. (2002). The relationship between positive parental involvement and identity achievement during adolescence. Adolescence, 37, 221–234.

Tierney, W. G. (2002). Parents and families in precollege preparation: The lack of connection between research and practice. Educational Policy, 16(4), 588–606.

Xu, Jianzhong. (2002). Do early adolescents want family involvement in their education?: Hearing voices from those who matter most. The School Community Journal, 12, 53–72.

Year 2002 Dissertations and Theses

Auerbach, S. (2002). Under co-construction: Parent roles in promoting college access for students of color. Dissertations Abstracts International 62(11), 3735A.

Becker, J. (2002). Home-school relationships in an urban high school, the roles teens play, and the influences these relationships have on teens' school experiences. Dissertations Abstracts International, 63(1), 135. (UMI No. 3041072)

Bice, C. J. F. (2002). The relationship between elementary parent involvement programs and secondary students' achievement and attendance. Dissertations Abstracts International, 63(4), 1259. (UMI No. 3051777)

Constantino, S. M. (2002). High-school student perspectives on the interaction between family involvement and peer relationship on their own school engagement practices. Dissertations Abstracts International, 63(4), 1198. (UMI No. 3047970)

DeNise Annunziata, D. (2002). Family influences on school success in African American inner-city early adolescents. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62(12), 5995B. (UMI No. 3037208)

Jackson, J. M. (2002). The factors of written school communication that influence African-American middle school parent involvement. Dissertation Abstracts International, 63(2), 445. (UMI No. 3042777)

Jones, S. D. A. (2002). College bound: School, family and society in the constructions of students' post-high school futures. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62(11), 3736A.

Turk, C. L. (2002). School, family, and community partnerships in the middle grades: The relationship between types of involvement and academic outcomes. Dissertation Abstracts International, 63(1), 74. (UMI No. 3041332)

Year 2002 Research Briefs, Papers, and Reports

Davies, D. (2002). Middle and high school teachers as initiators of parent involvement projects. Boston: Institute for Responsive Education. [Available at www.responsiveeducation.org/pdf/RIprojectreport.pdf (Acrobat file).]

Pong, S.-L., Hao, L., & Gardner, E. (2002). Parental involvement and children’s educational achievement: Immigrant generational differences. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. [Available at www.pop.psu.edu/general/pubs/working_papers/psu-pri/wp0205.pdf (Acrobat file)]

Recruiting New Teachers. (2002). Connect for success: Building a teacher, parent, teen alliance. Belmont, MA: Recruiting New Teachers. [Available at www.recruitingteachers.org/channels/clearinghouse/aboutrnt/
1569_pubconnectforsuccess.htm.]

Tinkler, B. (2002). A review of literature on Hispanic/Latino parent involvement in K-12 education. Denver, CO: Assets for Colorado Youth. [Available at www.buildassets.org/products/latinoparentreport/latinoparentrept.htm.]

Year 2001 Publications

Year 2001 Journal Articles

Belenardo, S. J. (2001). Practices and conditions that lead to a sense of community in middle schools. NASSP Bulletin, 85, 33–45.

Brough, J. A., & Irvin, J. L. (2001). Parental involvement supports academic improvement among middle schoolers. Middle School Journal, 32, 56–61.

Chen, X. (2001). Efforts by public K–8 schools to involve parents in children’s education: Do school and parent reports agree? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. [Available at nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/vol_3/3_4/q2-1.asp.]

Crosnoe, R. (2001). Academic orientation and parental involvement in education during high school. Sociology of Education, 74, 210–230.

Epstein, J. L. (2001). New direction for school, family, and community partnerships in middle and high schools. NASSP Bulletin, 85, 3–7.

Falbo, T., Lein, L., & Amador, N. A. (2001). Parental involvement during the transition to high school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16, 511–529.

Hektner, J. M. (2001). Family, school, and community predictors of adolescent growth-conducive experiences: Global and specific approaches. Applied Developmental Science, 5, 172–183.

Marchant, G. J., Paulson, S. E., & Rothlisberg, B. A. (2001). Relations of middle school students' perceptions of family and school contexts with academic achievement. Psychology in the Schools, 38, 505–519.

Pittman, L. D., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2001). African American adolescent girls in impoverished communities: parenting style and adolescent outcomes. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, 199–224.

Ramirez, A. Y. (2001). “Parental involvement is like apple pie”: A look at parental involvement in two states. High School Journal, 85, 1–9.

Shumow, L., & Miller, J. D. (2001). Parents' at-home and at-school academic involvement with young adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 21, 68–91.

Simon, B. S. (2001). Family involvement in high school: Predictors and effects. NASSP Bulletin, 85, 8–19.

Year 2001 Dissertations and Theses

Belenardo, S. J. (2001). The relationship between the attributes of middle school programs to involve families and the strength of the sense of community that prevails. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 2653A.

Henrich, C. C. (2001). Parent involvement, motivation, and achievement over the transition to middle school. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 1616A.

Jackson, H. L. (2001). A case study examining the impact of a school, family, and community partnership program on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of students, teachers and staff, and family members in a low-income urban public high school. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 3068A.

Lau-Smith, J. N. (2001). Examining family-school partnerships: A case study of parents' perceptions of parental involvement in a Hawaiian language immersion middle school. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 520A.

Novey, D. A. (2001). Parental involvement in middle and elementary schools: Parental and school expectations. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 1288A.

Richardson, S. A. (2001). Principals' perceptions of parental involvement in schools: A study of elementary, middle, and high schools in the “Big 8” urban districts in the state of Ohio. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 417A.

Simon, B. S. (2001). Predictors of high school and family partnerships and the influence of partnerships on student success. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 3949A.

Stone, S. I. (2001). Understanding the nature and impact of parent support for learning over the transition to high school: Evidence from the student life in high schools project and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 4180A.

Year 2001 Research Briefs, Papers, and Reports

Xu, J. (2002). Middle school family involvement in urban settings: Perspectives from minority students and their families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Year 2001 Books/Book Chapters

Murphy, J., Beck, L. G., Crawford, M., Hodges, A., & McGaughy, C. L. (2001). The productive high school: Creating personalized academic communities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Year 2000 Publications

Year 2000 Journal Articles

Adams, K. S., & Christenson, S. L. (2000). Trust and the family-school relationship: Examination of parent-teacher differences in elementary and secondary grades. Journal of School Psychology, 38, 477–497.

Carter, R. S., & Wojtkiewicz, R. A. (2000). Parental involvement with adolescents' education: Do daughters or sons get more help? Adolescence, 35, 29–44.

Gutman, L. M., & Midgley, C. (2000). The role of protective factors in supporting the academic achievement of poor African American students during the middle school transition. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 29, 223–248.

Tatar, M., & Horenczyk, G. (2000). Parental expectations of their adolescents' teachers. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 487–495.

Westcott, A. D., & Konzal, J. L. (2000). Making our high schools better: How parents and teachers can work together. Harvard Educational Review, 70, 415.

Year 2000 Dissertations and Theses

Simon, B. S. (2000). Predictors of high school and family partnerships and the influence of partnerships on student success. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University.

Year 2000 Research Briefs, Papers, and Reports

Stiffler, M. E. (2000). Parent involvement, does it make a difference in high school students' achievement? Paper presented for the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.

Year 2000 Books/Book Chapters

Sanders, M. G., & Epstein, J. L. (2000). Building school-family-community partnerships in middle and high schools. In M. G. Sanders (Ed.), Schooling students placed at risk: Research , policy, and practice in the education of poor and minority adolescents (pp. 339–361) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Year 1999 Publications

Year 1999 Journal Articles

Jerry, T. (1999). Effects of eighth-grade parental involvement on late adolescents' educational expectations. Journal of Research & Development in Education, 32, 224–233.

McGrath, D. J., & Kurlioff, P. J. (1999). The perils of parental involvement: Tracking, curriculum, and resource distortions in a middle school mathematics program. Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 22, 59–83.

Year 1999 Dissertations and Theses

Viramontez Anguiano, P. R. (1999). European American, Native American, Asian American, and Latino parental involvement and their children's high school completion, college aspirations, and entrance into and working in the labor force. Dissertation Abstracts International, 60, 2244A.

Year 1999 Research Briefs, Papers, and Reports

Catsambis, S., & Suazo-Garcia, B. (1999). Parents matter: Influences of parental involvement on adolescents' school-related behaviors, plans, and expectations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

Steward, R. J., & Hill, M. (1999). Using familialism within the schools to increase attendance and academic performance of African-American urban high school freshman: Evaluating the students-teacher-parent-support unit. Paper presented at the Great Lakes Regional Conference of the American Psychological Association, Columbus, OH.

Year 1999 Books/Book Chapters

Dodd, A. W., & Konzal, J. L. (1999). Making our high schools better: How parents and teachers can work together. New York: St. Martin's Press.