Abstract:

A meta-analysis Structural equation modelling was conducted to investigate the relationship between family socioeconomic status, parental involvement and academic performance of students on the basic of family stress model and family investment model. Analysis of 25 studies (N = 79665) met the criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The result of meta-analysis showed: family socioeconomic status had medium positive correlation to academic performance of students. Moderator analyses revealed that measurement method had significant moderating effects on the relationship between family socioeconomic status and academic performance, and the moderating effects of grade was not significant. Mediation analysis revealed that parental involvement plays partial mediation effect between family socioeconomic status and academic performance. Moreover, partial mediation effect of parental involvement was significant when students were from kindergarten or elementary school. The results suggest that family socioeconomic status is an important influencing factor to academic performance from kindergarten to secondary school. And before secondary school, family socioeconomic status partially affects academic performance by parental involvement.

Key words: family socioeconomic status, academic performance, parental involvement, Structural equation modelling, meta-analysis