UPICAS - Unpacking parental involvement in challenging achievement situations - FHSE

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 May 2024
Duration in months:

36
Funding:

FNR
Principal Investigator(s):

Ziwen TEUBER

About

UPICAS uses theories from developmental and educational psychology and employs state-of-the-art methodology to study parental involvement. UPICAS aims to improve parental involvement in challenging achievement situations, such as when an adolescent is struggling academically. Policymakers worldwide recognize parental involvement as a crucial factor in a country’s education system. However, little research has been conducted on how parents react emotionally in such situations and how their reactions affect their involvement and their child’s academic success. The project aims to answer four research questions: How are parental emotions related to achievement situations, how does emotion regulation affect involvement, how do contextual factors influence involvement, and how can maladaptive parental involvement be modified? The study will be conducted in two substudies involving early adolescent students and their parents, using a panel design and a randomized waitlist control trial. The project aims to unpack the emotional, cognitive, and behavioural processes of parental involvement and provide evidence-based parental involvement training programs tailored for general parent populations in Luxembourg. The findings will inform scholars, practitioners, and policymakers about parental involvement mechanisms, interventions, and how to improve the quality of parental involvement to support the positive development of youth.

Organisation and Partners

Cognitive Science and Assessment Institute
Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
Health and Behaviour
Prof. Dr. Theresa Dicke, Australian Catholic University, Sydney (non-contracting partner)
Prof. Dr. Guy Roth, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (academic mentor)