Parental involvement and child social emotional learning among Syrian refugee families in Jordan: Findings from the FIERCE project

In the current study, we aim to explore parental involvement and child social emotional learning within refugee context. In particular, the association of father involvement, the quality of mother-child interaction, and mother-child closeness with child social emotional learning are investigated. The sample consists of a total of 325 Syrian refugee families including fathers, mothers and their 4-8 years old children living in Jordan. For this present study, secondary data from the Family Intervention for Empowerment through Reading and Education (FIERCE) project is analyzed. The FIERCE project is conducted in Amman and Za’atari, Jordan to assess the effectiveness of a reading intervention targeted refugee families, namely We Love Reading.