Abstract
Family is the smallest, most sensitive and important social system which is furnished and facilitated by a society as a larger social system. The family, being a powerful influence on the child’s development and important primary agent of socialization could in no doubt enhance or hinder the academic achievement of the child depending on the social climate in the family. This study seeks to evaluate the effects of broken family on behavioral development and academic success of pupils in the public elementary school. There were a total of three hundred (300) identified respondents that belonged to broken families that were selected to participate in the study. The researchers used descriptive- survey research method design to probe the pupil’s knowledge with regards to the topic, and it employed modified questionnaire (Behavioral Checklist from Psychological Associates, 2019) and direct observation in collecting data from the field. It was found out that age, sex, grade level, number of siblings, and person stays with has no direct influence to the pupils’ behavioral development, and however, academic success of the pupils depends on their behavior development. This study concluded that the attitude and behavior of the learner affects their academic success.
Highlights
The home influences the child at the most earliest possible time of his life, at a time when his mind is most receptive
This study seeks to evaluate the effects of broken family on the behavioral development and academic success of pupils in the public elementary school of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines
The result revealed that there was a significant relationship between the behavioral development and academic success of the pupil-respondents living in a broken family since the computed correlation value of 0.154 with a significant value of 0.008 is lesser than 0.05 level of significance
Summary
The home influences the child at the most earliest possible time of his life, at a time when his mind is most receptive. Psychological home conditions arise mainly from illegitimacy of children [5], the label of adopted child, broken homes, divorce and parental deprivation. Such abnormal conditions of the home, are likely to have a detrimental effect on school performance of the child he asserts. Children of broken families generally are more likely to be resource deprived [12], especially in female-headed households [13], and receive less intense and less consistent monitoring, all of which have been associated to mental development and academic success of a child [14]. With the aforementioned scenario above, the researcher prompt to conduct this study on the influence of broken home on the behavior and academic performance of students in order to create an action plan to help the pupils/learners find success and overcome unpleasant experiences
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