ARJPC

ISSN: 2384-6178

 Academic Research Journal of Psychology and Counselling
 

Vol. 7(3), pp. 22-33, June, 2019.

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2019.070

ISSN: 2384-6178

Research Paper

Relationship among Parenting Styles and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Anambra State: Implications for Counselling

Dr. Yusuf Ahmadu¹, Okafor C. Emmanuel² and Damina C. Yakubu³

¹Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.

²Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.

²Corresponding author’s Email: freeok4@gmail.com

³Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.

Accepted 19 June 2019

The study investigated the Relationship among parenting styles and academic achievements of secondary school students in Anambra state and its implication for counselling. Part of the specific objectives was to find out the parenting style of secondary school students in Anambra state, and to examine the relationship between parenting styles and academic achievement of secondary school students in Anambra state. 129,289 students in Anambra state make up the study population. Based on the formula of Krejcie and Morgan (1970), a sample of 384 was used. Parenting style questionnaire, and students’ academic record was used in this study to collect data from the sampled secondary school students. The data collected were subjected to SPSS analysis based on the research questions and null hypotheses. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistics were used to test the hypotheses. The findings from the study showed that the parents of secondary school students appear to be more authoritarian and less in democratic. The study also found that there was no significant relationship between the three parenting styles and academic achievements of secondary school students in Anambra state. The study recommended that parents should be mindful of the type of parenting style to adopt and parents should ensure that the parenting styles they adopt will help to constantly improve the academic achievements of their children in Anambra state.

Keywords: Parenting Styles, Academic Achievement, Counselling

Cite This Article As: Ahmadu, Y., Emmanuel, OC., Yakubu, DC (2019). Relationship among Parenting Styles and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Anambra State: Implications for Counselling.  Acad. Res. J. Psychol. Counsel. 7(3): 27-33.