A comparative study of academic anxiety among secondary school students in relation to the parental involvement

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the gender and locality differences in relation to academic anxiety and parental involvement of secondary school students. Furthermore, it explored the relationship between parental involvement and academic anxiety in the sample. This study was conducted on a sample of 600 randomly selected secondary school students aged 14 to 16 years studying in government schools in the state of Haryana. The AASC (Academic Anxiety Scale for Children, 2011) by Singh and Gupta and the PIS (Parental Involvement Scale, 2009) by Chauhan and Arora were used to measure academic anxiety and parental involvement, respectively. Results revealed that academic anxiety was significantly influenced by gender and locality. In addition, there was a significant difference in parental involvement based on gender and locality. Academic anxiety was found to have a significant positive correlation with parental involvement. The results can be used to improve educational programming that addresses academic anxiety of students by fostering a healthy relationship between the home and school through parental involvement in school activities and homework.