Parental Child Rearing Styles, Parental Marital Relationship and Students’ Attitude towards Cultism in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State of Nigeria: Counselling Implications

Abstract

This study examined the influence of parental child rearing patterns and parental marital relationships and attitude of university undergraduates to cultism. Five hundred and seventy-two undergraduates from Niger Delta University, Bayelsa-State of Nigeria participated in the study . The findings revealed that there is significant influence of parental child rearing patterns on students' attitude towards cultism. Also, the findings revealed that parental marital relationship has a significant positive relationship with students' attitude towards cultism. Some counseling implications were derived to include: guidance and counseling units in institutions of higher learning should or ganize conferences and seminars where students can be educated and encouraged to build a high self-esteem, self-control, and positives body image of self as all these can enable the students develop negative attitude towards cultism.