Who Endorses Kindergarten “De-Primary-Schooling”? Latent Profiles of Parental Expectations and Parenting Stress

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10.2991/978-2-38476-569-0_9How to use a DOI?

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Parental expectation; parenting stress; Parental Endorsement of Kindergarten De-Schoolification Policy

Abstract

Kindergarten “schoolification” has prompted de-primary-schooling policies, but parents’ endorsement, which is crucial for implementation, remains unclear. This study investigated 343 parents from urban and rural China. Using latent profile analysis, we identified subgroups based on parental expectations and parenting stress, profiled their demographic composition, and compared policy endorsement across profiles. Four profiles emerged: High expectation-High stress, High expectation-Low stress, Low expectation-High stress, and Low expectation-Low stress. Policy endorsement differed significantly across profiles, with the two low-expectation groups (regardless of stress level) showing the lowest endorsement. These findings highlight heterogeneity in parents’ psychological profiles and provide implications for differentiated family communication and support strategies to promote and optimize de-primary-schooling policy implementation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yangxin Bai
AU  - Ruwen Liang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/01
TI  - Who Endorses Kindergarten “De-Primary-Schooling”? Latent Profiles of Parental Expectations and Parenting Stress
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Development and Social Sciences (EDSS 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 64
EP  - 72
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-569-0_9
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-569-0_9
ID  - Bai2026
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