TY - JOUR
T1 - The Mediating Role of Students’ Perception of Parental Behaviours between Parental Attachment and School Choice Exploration
AU - Boerchi, Diego
AU - D’Urso, Giulio
AU - Pace, Ugo
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Objectives - This study aimed to explore the relationships between students’ perception of parental behaviours towards their
children’s choice, parental attachment and students’ exploration when choosing a school.
Method - Participants included 1851 pre-adolescents attending some public middle schools’ third classes. They completed the
adaptation to school choices of the Exploration of Vocational Issue Scale—the SIL Scale—to evaluate the students’
perceptions of their parents’ career-related behaviours and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment to evaluate the
parental relationships.
Results - The results showed significant relationships between communication, parental trust and parental alienation in regard
to the exploration of choosing a school. Furthermore, the three perceived parental behaviours (support, interference and lack
of engagement) partially mediated the relationship between parental attachment and exploration.
Conclusions - The study suggests that a good attachment relationships encourages students to explore their own opportunity
to choose the best schooling option only if they feel supported and not bypassed by their parents.
AB - Objectives - This study aimed to explore the relationships between students’ perception of parental behaviours towards their
children’s choice, parental attachment and students’ exploration when choosing a school.
Method - Participants included 1851 pre-adolescents attending some public middle schools’ third classes. They completed the
adaptation to school choices of the Exploration of Vocational Issue Scale—the SIL Scale—to evaluate the students’
perceptions of their parents’ career-related behaviours and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment to evaluate the
parental relationships.
Results - The results showed significant relationships between communication, parental trust and parental alienation in regard
to the exploration of choosing a school. Furthermore, the three perceived parental behaviours (support, interference and lack
of engagement) partially mediated the relationship between parental attachment and exploration.
Conclusions - The study suggests that a good attachment relationships encourages students to explore their own opportunity
to choose the best schooling option only if they feel supported and not bypassed by their parents.
KW - Attaccamento genitoriale
KW - Comportamenti genitoriali legati alla carriera
KW - Parental attachment
KW - Parental career related behaviours
KW - Scelta scolastica
KW - School choice
KW - Attaccamento genitoriale
KW - Comportamenti genitoriali legati alla carriera
KW - Parental attachment
KW - Parental career related behaviours
KW - Scelta scolastica
KW - School choice
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/143537
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01533-2
U2 - 10.1007/s10826-019-01533-2
DO - 10.1007/s10826-019-01533-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1062-1024
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Child and Family Studies
JF - Journal of Child and Family Studies
ER -