The Critical Third Perspective: Adolescents' Perceptions of Parent-Teacher Relationships Matter More in Their Academic Engagement

This study examined whose perception of parent-teacher relationships—parents' or adolescents'—better predicts adolescents' academic engagement. Using response surface analysis with 2,768 parent-adolescent pairs across six months, findings revealed adolescents' perceptions were more crucial than parents', and parent-child agreement in perceived parent-teacher relationship quality positively predicted academic engagement both concurrently and longitudinally.