Parenting Styles and Pupils’ Academic Performance

Abstract

This study aimed to determine parenting styles and pupils academic performance. It sought to determine the level of parenting styles of the Grade IV pupils as to authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and uninvolved find the level of academic performance of Grade VI pupils for the First Grading School Year 2022-2023 and determine the relationship between parenting styles and pupils academic performance. It was conducted at Lagonglong District, Division of Misamis Oriental, among ten elementary schools. The respondents were the two hundred twenty-one (221) Grade VI pupils. The questionnaire was adapted and modified from the study of Cartagena (2020). Descriptive Statistics such as mean, and standard deviation were used, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) analysis was utilized to determine the relationship between parenting styles and pupils academic performance. The study found that parents are authoritative, the pupils showed Very Satisfactorily in their academic performance, and there is a significant relationship between the authoritarian and authoritative toward pupils academic performance thus, the null hypothesis was rejected. However, permissive and uninvolved showed no significant relationship thus, the null hypothesis is accepted. It is recommended that parents should make more efforts to monitor the activities of their children and be consistent with their responsibilities as parents.