Abstract

This study examined the associations between parental involvement in adolescents’ organized after-school activities and adolescents’ motivational beliefs. Data were reported by 231 Mexican-origin and European American adolescents who participated in an organized after-school activity (57% female, M_age = 12.37, SD = .54) and their parents. Overall parental involvement positively predicted adolescents’ motivational beliefs (i.e., ability self-concepts and values). Latent profile analyses revealed unique patterns across the three types of parental involvement (i.e., instrumental support, verbal encouragement, and activity connections) that differentially predicted adolescents’ motivational beliefs. This approach highlighted the importance of parent-activity connections. Adolescents of parents who reported average instrumental support and verbal encouragement, but low activity connections had lower motivational beliefs compared to adolescents whose parents had average involvement across all dimensions. There were no differences by adolescent ethnicity. The current findings underscore the importance of parental involvement in promoting positive youth development.

摘要

本研究探讨了父母参与青少年有组织的课外活动与青少年动机信念之间的关联。数据由 231 名墨西哥裔和欧洲裔美国青少年报告，他们参加了有组织的课后活动（57% 为女性，M_年龄 = 12.37，SD = .54) 和他们的父母。父母的总体参与正向预测青少年的动机信念（即能力自我概念和价值观）。潜在概况分析揭示了三种类型的父母参与（即工具支持、口头鼓励和活动联系）的独特模式，这些模式不同地预测了青少年的动机信念。这种方法强调了父母活动联系的重要性。与父母在所有方面平均参与的青少年相比，报告平均工具支持和口头鼓励但活动联系低的父母青少年的动机信念较低。青少年种族没有差异。