TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers and facilitators to school-based parent involvement for parents of urban public middle school students
AU - Murray, Kantahyanee W.
AU - Finigan-Carr, Nadine
AU - Jones, Vanya
AU - Copeland-Linder, Nikeea
AU - Haynie, Denise L.
AU - Cheng, Tina L
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: This publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Contract No. N01-HD-2-3344 and NICHD Grant No. 1K24HD052559-01 (Cheng), the NICHD Intramural Research Program (Haynie) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U49CE000728, and the DC-Baltimore Center on Child Health Disparities P20 MD000198 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Cheng). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Using semistructured interviews, we explored barriers and facilitators to school-based parent involvement (SBPI) in a sample of predominately African American parents (N = 44) whose children attended urban public middle schools. Barriers to SBPI (e.g., perceptions of hostile parent–teacher interactions and aggressive, disrespectful students in the school) were more commonly reported than facilitators (e.g., child invitations for involvement). Findings suggest that parents’ motivations for engaging in SBPI may be undermined by a variety of barriers, resulting in low participation. Implications and tailored strategies for enhancing SBPI in this population are presented.
AB - Using semistructured interviews, we explored barriers and facilitators to school-based parent involvement (SBPI) in a sample of predominately African American parents (N = 44) whose children attended urban public middle schools. Barriers to SBPI (e.g., perceptions of hostile parent–teacher interactions and aggressive, disrespectful students in the school) were more commonly reported than facilitators (e.g., child invitations for involvement). Findings suggest that parents’ motivations for engaging in SBPI may be undermined by a variety of barriers, resulting in low participation. Implications and tailored strategies for enhancing SBPI in this population are presented.
KW - Middle schools
KW - Parent participation
KW - Urban
KW - Violence
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U2 - 10.1177/2158244014558030
DO - 10.1177/2158244014558030
M3 - Article
C2 - 27088049
AN - SCOPUS:84927639389
SN - 2158-2440
VL - 4
JO - SAGE Open
JF - SAGE Open
IS - 4
ER -