Julia Crede|Linda Wirthwein|Nele McElvany|Ricarda Steinmayr
Adolescentsâ€™ academic achievement and life satisfaction: the role of parentsâ€™ education
TU Dortmund University|TU Dortmund University|TU Dortmund University|TU Dortmund University
drawing background positive psychology recently focus adolescents life satisfaction ls context education studies examining relationship adolescents academic achievement ls shown conflicting results reasons fully understood present study investigated role parents education potential moderator relationship adolescents academic achievement ls sample german high school students n 411 reported parents educational attainment indicator family socioeconomic status students academic achievement operationalized grade point average five subjects results indicated mothers education functioned moderator relationship academic achievement students ls association academic achievement ls found group students whose mothers achieved higher education least high school diploma children fathers educational attainment however significant moderator respective relationship directions future research differential influences fathers mothers education discussed regard potential underlying processes