Riitta Sikiö|Martti Siekkinen|Leena Holopainen|Gintautas Šilinskas|Marja?Kristiina Lerkkanen|Jari?Erik Nurmi
Maternal parenting styles, homework help, and children’s literacy development in language minority and Finnish-speaking families
University of Eastern Finland|University of Eastern Finland|University of Eastern Finland|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä
aim study examine role mothers language minority mothers lm n 49 finnishspeaking mothers mp n 368 parenting styles maternal help childrens homework childrens mean age 1143 years literacy skills fourth grade finland addition moderating effect childs gender relationship investigated results showed lm mothers used psychological control mp mothers furthermore lm mothers used warmth psychological styles parenting helped daughters sons homework mp mothers parenting styles relate childrens reading spelling skills lm maternal behavioral control parenting styles positively related psychological control negatively related childrens reading skills help homework maternal help negatively related childrens reading skills groups research provides also new information teachers educators work multicultural teams findings could applied educational settings multilingual students likely great interest visionary scientists researchers teachers trainees