学校课后服务对家长教育焦虑的影响机制——基于倾向得分匹配法的实证分析

The Influence Mechanism of After-school Services on Parents'Educational Anxiety:An Empirical Analysis Based on the Propensity Score Matching Method

缓解家长教育焦虑是当前教育改革亟须关切的现实问题。已有研究对学校课后服务与家长教育焦虑关系进行了实证分析,但并未打开“黑箱”对学校课后服务影响家长教育焦虑的传导调节机制进行实证探索分析。本研究以全国152个地级市10947份中小学生家长问卷为依据,采用倾向得分匹配的方法探究学校课后服务对家长教育焦虑的影响效应及调节机制。结果显示,学校课后服务对家长教育焦虑具有显著正向影响,学校课后服务越是能满足需求,家长的教育焦虑情绪越是能得到缓解;家校沟通频率和校外教育规范程度在学校课后服务与家长教育焦虑之间起调节机制作用。未来应在拓展学校课后服务功能、加强家校沟通、持续治理校外教育以及推动义务教育高位均衡等方面着力缓解家长教育焦虑。

The alleviation of parental educational anxiety is a pressing concern in the current education reform.While previous studies have empirically analyzed the relationship between after-school services and parental educational anxiety,they have not thoroughly explored the transmission and regulation mechanisms through which after-school services impact this anxiety.Therefore,based on 10,947 parent questionnaires from primary and secondary schools in 152 prefectural-level cities in China,this study employs propensity score matching to investigate the effects of after-school services on parental educational anxiety and the underlying regulatory mechanisms.The results indicate that after-school services have a significant positive effect on alleviating parents'educational anxiety.The more these services meet parental demand,the more effective they are in reducing anxiety.Furthermore,the frequency of home-school communication and the degree of standardization in extracurricular education serve as moderating factors between after-school services and parental educational anxiety.To further alleviate parents'educational anxiety,future efforts should focus on expanding the functions of after-school services,enhancing home-school communication,continuing to regulate out-of-school education,and promoting a high degree of equalization in compulsory education.