RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AWKA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Pateince Nwobodo, PhD, Rosemary Ijeoma Nwofor, PhD, Ngozi May Ezeudu, PhD, Francisca Uju Uduagha

Abstract


This study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and secondary school students’ academic achievement in Awka south Local Government Area. Three research questions guided the study and one null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study consisted of 3,130 senior secondary school (SS2) students. The sample of the study consisted of 310 students drawn through multi-stage sampling procedure. The instruments used for the study was Parenting Style Scale (PSS) with reliability coefficients alpha of 0.81 and 0.83. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used for data analysis. Results obtained from the study indicated that there is very high positive significant relationship between authoritative parenting style and secondary school students’ academic achievement in mathematics. The results also showed that there is high positive significant relationship between authoritarian parenting style and secondary school students’ academic achievement in mathematics. Finally, the result revealed that low positive significant relationship between permissive parenting style and secondary school students’ academic achievement in mathematics. The study concluded that authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles are correlates of students’ academic achievement in mathematics, which permissive parenting style is a low correlate of students’ academic achievement in mathematics. It was recommended, among others that counsellors, government, teachers and other stakeholders should come up with adequate sensitization programmes to discourage the use of permissive parenting style and encourage the adoption of authoritative parenting style by parents.


Keywords


Relationship, Parenting Styles, Academic Achievement, Students, Secondary Education

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