APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Latino Parental Involvement and College Knowledge As Predictors of Adolescent Education Aspirations
- Karen Alvarez
California State University, Northridge - Gladys Hernandez
California State University, Northridge - Desiree Rios
California State University, Northridge - Isabel Lopez
California State University, Northridge - Gabriela Chavira
California State University, Northridge
Abstract
A qualitative study examined the change of parental college knowledge and the relationship between parents’ and adolescents’ educational aspirations in a sample of low-income Latino families enrolled in a college preparation program. Axial coding of parental and adolescent educational aspirations revealed that families’ educational aspirations remained high or increased.
Adolescent
