Abstract
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.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 1-9 |
Numero di pagine | 9 |
Rivista | Journal of Child and Family Studies |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2019 |
Keywords
- Attaccamento genitoriale
- Comportamenti genitoriali legati alla carriera
- Parental attachment
- Parental career related behaviours
- Scelta scolastica
- School choice