A Meta-Analysis The Relationship Between Father Involvement and Student Academic Achievement

• Published in: Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 387 - 423
• Main Author: Jeynes, William H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2015; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; California; Correlation; Effect Size; Elementary School Students; Fathers; Foreign Countries; Hispanic American Students; Measures (Individuals); Meta Analysis; Minority Group Children; Outcomes of Education; Parent Participation; Racial Differences; Secondary School Students; Standard deviation; Statistical Analysis; United Kingdom; Urban Education; Urban Population; Urban Schools; White Students; United Kingdom; California; high school; academic achievement; social; parent participation; subjects; parental involvement; minority academic success; elementary school; Hispanic students; urban; African American students; adolescent; urban education; programs
• ISSN: 0042-0859; 1552-8340
• DOI: 10.1177/0042085914525789

A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 66 studies, to determine the relationship between father involvement and the educational outcomes of urban school children. Statistical analyses were done to determine the overall impact and specific components of father involvement. The possible differing effects of paternal involvement by race were also examined. The results indicate that the association between father involvement and the educational outcomes of youth overall is significant statistically. Paternal involvement, as a whole, yielded effect sizes of usually just under .2 of a standard deviation unit. The positive effects of father involvement held for both White and minority children.