The Role of Paternal Parenting and Co-parenting Quality in Children’s Academic Self-Efficacy

Editorial reading guide · Independence

What kind of encouragement helps my child see themselves as capable in a particular subject?

This article examines how paternal parenting and coparenting quality relate to a child’s sense of academic competence. The research links support at home to the confidence or motivation a young person brings to their own activities.

Who was studied?

Children reporting paternal parenting, coparenting and academic self-efficacy.

Age / stage: School age

Read with three questions

1. What does the article establish about how paternal parenting and coparenting quality relate to a child’s sense of academic competence?
2. Whose perspective was recorded, and what might an independent observer have described differently?
3. How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is children reporting paternal parenting, coparenting and academic self-efficacy.

Keep the limits in view

The measures reflect what respondents reported. Associations alone cannot distinguish the direction of influence or exclude other explanations.