Family stress and family investment models explain mediating processes of SES influence¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The review identifies processes mediating SES influence, including how economic stress affects parenting in low-SES families (family stress model) and what high-SES parents do to support learning (family investment model). → Tan 2024

Evidence¶

Tan 2024¶

Tan, C. Y. (2024). Socioeconomic Status and Student Learning: Insights from an Umbrella Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09929-3

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

The umbrella review's thematic analysis identifies mediating processes including the family stress model (economic stress affecting parenting in low-SES families) and the family investment model (high-SES parents' learning support), drawn from reviews such as Bradley and Corwyn (2002).

"it reviews the extant literature to identify different processes that mediate SES effects on student learning, thereby elucidating how economic stress affects parenting in low-SES families (family stress model) and what high-SES parents do to support their children’s learning (family investment model)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Socioeconomic Status — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

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