Perceived parenting and social support: can they predict academic achievement in Argentinean college students?

Figures & data

Table 1 Logistic regression for predicting high academic achievement

High academic achievement	Mother responsiveness	Mother demandingness	Father responsiveness	Father demandingness	Parental social support	Teachers’ social support	Classmates’ social support	Best friend or girlfriend/boyfriend social support
β	0.010	0.039	0.007	0.022	0.055	0.392	0.196	0.181
P-value	0.567	0.051	0.681	0.285	0.691	0.013	0.224	0.302

Figure 1 Hypothesized model to predict academic achievement.

Abbreviation: D, disturbance.

Table 2 Predictive model for high academic achievement: the father case

Exogenous		Endogenous	Standardized parameters			P-value	Non-standardized parameters
			Mean	Inferior	Superior
							ML	Bayes
Father responsiveness	→	Teachers’ social support	0.190	0.081	0.284	0.004	0.020	0.020
Father demandingness	→	Teachers’ social support	−0.115	−0.216	0.001	0.052	−0.016	−0.016
Teachers’ social support	→	High academic achievement	0.134	0.031	0.243	0.018	0.095	0.093

Abbreviation: ML, maximum likelihood.

Figure 2 Predictive model for high academic achievement: the father case.

Abbreviation: D, disturbance.

Table 3 Predictive model for high academic achievement: the mother case

Exogenous		Endogenous	Standardized parameters			P-value	Non-standardized parameters
			Mean	Inferior	Superior
							ML	Bayes
Mother responsiveness	→	Teachers’ social support	0.199	0.085	0.306	0.004	0.023	0.023
Teachers’ social support	→	High academic achievement	0.134	0.035	0.242	0.013	0.095	0.095
Mother demandingness	→	High academic achievement	0.105	0.016	0.199	0.028	0.009	0.009

Abbreviation: ML, maximum likelihood.

Figure 3 Predictive model for high academic achievement: the mother case.

Abbreviation: D, disturbance.