Perceived Parenting Styles and Self-Concept On Self-Efficacy And Academic Performance Among Adolescents

Abstract

This study examined influence of perceived parenting styles and self-concept on self-efficacy and academic performance among adolescents. One hundred and sixty-eight (168) secondary school students comprise 122 females and 46 males, the age range of 10-18 years old a mean age of 14.63, and an S.D of. 1.271 were drawn as participants from private secondary schools in Enugu South and Enugu East local Government Area of Enugu State using purposive sampling techniques. Parental Care Scale; Self-esteem; Self-Efficacy Scale were used for data collections and student third-term result was used for academic performance. An ANOVA design was adopted while a 2-way MANOVA F- test was used as a statistical test for data analysis. The results indicated that that authoritarian parenting styles did not significantly influence both self-efficacy f= 1.507* and academic performance f= .124 at p< .05. Permissive parenting style significantly influenced self-efficacy f= 2.086* and didn’t influence academic performance f= .838 at p< .05. Authoritative parenting style did not influence both self-efficacy f= .915 and academic performance f= .792 at p< .05. Self-concept did not significantly influence self-efficacy f= .515 and academic performance f= .400 at p< .05.