PARENTING STYLES AS PREDICTORS OF ADOLESCENTS’ READING MOTIVATION IN OSHIMILI SOUTH L.G.A OF DELTA STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the parenting styles as predictors of adolescent reading motivation in Oshimili South L.G.A of Delta State. One hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design is a predictive correlational survey as it seeks to assess the prediction among variables, namely authoritarian parental style, authoritative parental style, permissive parental style and uninvolved parental style as predictors of adolescents’ reading motivation. The study was carried out in Oshimili South L.G.A of Delta State. The population of the study consisted of 4,537 senior students of secondary schools (SSSS) in Oshimili South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 525 senior secondary school students. The instruments for the study were two structured questionnaires namely, Modified Parenting Styles Questionnaire (MPSQ) and Adolescent Reading Motivation Questionnaire (ARMQ). The questionnaires were distributed to the sampled students and were collected back by the researchers with the help of seven research assistants. This was done in four weeks. All the collected data were scored and analysed. Multiple regressions were used in testing the null hypothesis. The findings revealed that authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved do not predict adolescent reading motivation while authoritative significantly predict adolescents reading motivation. Based on the findings it was recommended that, the school management through Parents Teachers Association (PTA) should sensitize parents on the various parental styles, for parent to adopt the most efficient one.