Parental support and homework emotions in Chinese children: mediating roles of homework self-efficacy and emotion regulation strategies

  • Ying Liu
  • , Biao Sang*
  • , Junsheng Liu
  • , Shaoying Gong
  • , Xuechen Ding
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The goal of this study was to evaluate a complex multiple mediation model linking parental support, homework self-efficacy, emotion regulation strategies (i.e. cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), and homework emotions among Chinese children. Participants were 832 fourth and fifth grade students attending public primary schools in urban China. Measures of parental support, homework self-efficacy, emotion regulation strategies, and homework emotions were collected using self-report assessments. Results from multiple mediation analyses demonstrated that parental support indirectly predicted homework emotions through its positive associations with homework self-efficacy and cognitive reappraisal strategy. However, homework self-efficacy and expressive suppression strategy did not mediate the relation between parental support and homework emotions. Results are discussed with regard to the roles of homework self-efficacy and emotion regulation strategies in the links between parental support and children’s homework emotions. Educational implications are also considered.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)617-635
Number of pages19
JournalEducational Psychology
Volume39
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 May 2019

Keywords

  • Chinese children
  • Parental support
  • emotion regulation strategy
  • homework emotions
  • homework self-efficacy

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