PARENTS EDUCATION LEVELS, PARENTS BELIEFS, AND CHILD OUTCOMES

Relationships between parents' education levels, parents' beliefs conc erning children, children's cognitions related to themselves and their relationships, and academic achievement were investigated in a sample of Turkish fourth-grade children and their parents. Structural equati ons were used in data analysis. Level of parents' education was a sign ificant predictor of parents' beliefs for both parents. Relationships between parents' beliefs and child outcomes were somewhat different fo r mothers and fathers. In addition, level of mother's education was di rectly related to child perceptions of external control: child endorse ment of insecure attachment prototype, and child academic achievement; level of father's education was directly related only to child percep tions of efficacy.