Determining the Parental Relationship with Academic Performance of Adolescents in Selected Educational Institutions of Mangaluru, India

Abstract

Parental involvement is a complex set of behaviours, attitudes, and activities that take place both at school and, more importantly, at home. Parental involvement allows parents to participate in their adolescent child's education alongside educators, combining their knowledge of child teaching and learning with the teacher's knowledge. The objectives of the study are to assess the relationship of adolescents with parents and academic performance of adolescents, as well as correlate between the parental relationship and academic performance of adolescents, also to find an association between parental relationship and academic performance of adolescents with the selected socio-demographic variables. The quantitative research approach was used to determine the parent child relationship and academic performance of 100 adolescents. A self-structured questionnaire to assess parental relationships and a self-structured rating scale to assess adolescents' academic performance. According to the study findings, 95% of students have an excellent parent-child relationship and 5% have a good parent-child relationship. The majority of students (82%) have excellent academic performance, while 18% have good academic performance. There is a link between parental relationships and adolescent academic performance. The parent-child relationship is significantly related to age, gender, number of siblings, and birth order. Data also show that there is no significant relationship between grade, religion, residence, family type, and monthly income. The study discovered a significant relationship between academic performance and age, gender, and family type.