caa a22 4500 475789067 CHVBK 20180406123706.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF03173181 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF03173181 Family parameters of achievement: A structural equation model [Elektronische Daten] [Stelios Georgiou, Constantinos Christou] The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of several structural and functional characteristics of the family on the child's actual school achievement. A structural equation model was constructed and its ability to fit the data was tested. It was found that the child's achievement is directly influenced by the socio-economic status of the family, which is a structural characteristic. The child's achievement is also directly influenced by the child self-image and by various indications of the family function, such as parental involvement activities and expectations. Furthermore, the results show that the child's self image is the strongest factor that explains school achievement. Among the many implications that this study offers for educational policy and practice is that children's achievement may be significantly influenced by altering factors that are outside of school and outside of the students themselves; namely, parental behavior and family functioning. Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon, Portugal/ Springer Netherlands, 2000 Achievement nationallicence Family nationallicence Structural equation modelling nationallicence Georgiou Stelios Department of Education, University of Cyprus, P.O.B. 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus aut Christou Constantinos Department of Education, University of Cyprus, P.O.B. 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus aut European Journal of Psychology of Education Springer Netherlands 15/3(2000-09-01), 297-311 0256-2928 15:3<297 2000 15 10212 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173181 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173181 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Georgiou Stelios Department of Education, University of Cyprus, P.O.B. 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Christou Constantinos Department of Education, University of Cyprus, P.O.B. 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Psychology of Education Springer Netherlands 15/3(2000-09-01), 297-311 0256-2928 15:3<297 2000 15 10212 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer