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Jackson Tinari
Jackson is a sophomore at Wesleyan University double-majoring in economics and government with a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. He participates on the Wesleyan Men’s Lacrosse team and is a member of clubs such as the Wesleyan Investment Group and Foss Hill Financial Group. In his free time he enjoys American Contemporary Theatre and studying the Arabic language.
Abstract:
The decline of academic performance has been linked to the detachment from students and their parents during out of school hours. Furthermore, parent involvement is of the utmost importance during a child’s formative years (Wilder et al. 2013). Students coming from single-parent families have been more likely to drop out, have poorer grades, and participate in activities outside of school (Chavda & Niagara, 2023). A study by the Alliance for Children and Families explains that two parent households resulted in more intimate, continuous, and intense relationships with their children. Children living in a two parent household have shown to have a greater chance to stay in school longer and meet higher educational qualifications (Ferrell, 2009). The sample from the first wave of the The U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (ADDHEALTH) collected data regarding demographic, social, familial, socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial, cognitive, and health survey data from participants and their parents; a vast array of contextual data from participants’ schools, neighborhoods, and geographies of residence; and in-home physical and biological data from participants, including genetic markers, blood-based assays, anthropometric measures, and medications. The survey represents adolescents ranging from grades 7-12 in the United States. Add Health is a nationally represented sample of more than 20,000 adolescents in grades 7-12 during the 1994-1995 school year. Through this study, it was found that the more parents are involved in their adolescents life, the better they perform in school. Future research is needed to determine the role of other covariates (e.g. income, race, ans gender) to determine why some adolescents perform better with less parental involvement.
QAC-201-Poster-2