Relationship of high-school seniors' perceptions of parental involvement and control to seniors' locus of control. Predictors of parents' involvement in their teens' career development. Relationship of parental involvement in teens' career development to teens' attitudes, perceptions, and behavior. Parents' perceptions of career information resources. Findings from a national study.
Socioeconomic status is weakly related to parental involvement.
Parental involvement, especially parents' personal supportive behavior, exerts a strong, positive influence on adolescents' long-term educational and career development. These influences extend beyond high school. Parents' career-related expectations for their children exert a strong influence on their children's career development. Parental involvement has a stronger impact on the educational development of young men than young women. However, parental control without parental involvement produces the lowest perceptions of control in adolescents.