Extracurricular Activity And Parental Involvement

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Running Head: Extracurricular activity Extracurricular Activity and Parental Involvement Predict Positive Outcomes in Elementary School Children Tameika Gibson Dr. S. Wilson-Hull Alcorn State University Review of Literature Extracurricular activities and parental involvement are associated with academic progress in school children (eg. Anderson, Funk, Elliot, & Smith, 2003; Fletcher, Nickerson, & Wright, 2003; Gilman, Meyers, & Perez, 2004). There has been an explanation as to how these two come together to foresee the outcomes in childhood. The purpose of this study is to see whether well being and academic ability in elementary school children has an impact on parental involvement and extracurricular activity participation. Seventy-two elementary children and their parents participated in the study. There were a total of 41 males and 31 females. These participants were from Eastern Canada in the age range from 9 to 13 years old with a mean of 10.9 years. The school children were in grades 4, 5, and 6. Mostly all of the parents were married and living together and had a post secondary education. The parents were asked to complete a questionnaire. Scales that were used to complete the study was the Self-Perception Profile for Children, the Parental Involvement in Activities Scale, an extracurricular activity participation questionnaire and a demographic questionnaire. According to Harter 1985, the self perception profile for children measures the children’s perception of scholastic ability, social acceptance , their appearance and behavior. The parental involvement in activities scale determines the parents’ supportive levels and stress with respect to extracurricular involvement (Anderson et.al., 2003). The extracurricular participation had a list of activities that were separated into five types like: pro-social activities,

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