Abstract
<p><em>The study examined perception of learners on parenting styles and its influence on academic performance among secondary school students in Bukonzo County, Kasese District in Uganda. A correlational study design was adopted. Data was collected from 562 students selected using </em><em>proportionate stratified and systematic random sampling. </em><em>A structured questionnaire was administered. Findings indicated that the most prevalent parenting style was democratic style and the least was laissez-faire even as much as parents’ perception may assume that children tend to want freedom. Furthermore,</em><em> </em><em>Spearman Rank correlation coefficient indicated that statistically significant positive correlations exist between democratic, authoritarian parenting styles and academic performance. It therefore implied that children would wish to have parents who are in control of them as opposed to those who leaves them to do what they want. High level preference for parents who guide and mentor them. Therefore, democratic and authoritarian parenting styles proved to enhance students’ academic performance as opposed to leisure fair parenting style.</em></p>
Highlights
Parenting styles refer to behaviors and attitudes that set the emotional climate of parent-child interactions such as parental responsiveness and demandingness
Kothari (2004) contends that, if at least 33.3% of the targeted population is studied, there is a maximum likelihood of the study capturing all relevant and targeted characteristics of that population. 2.2 Study Instruments, Data Collection Procedure and Data Analysis Method The study used a structured questionnaire composed of three sections including demographic data, Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) developed by Buri (1991), and Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ) adopted from Marsh (1993)
As much as there seems to be a wind of change towards adaptation of high freelance parenting and guidance and counseling approach as opposed to African traditional authoritative parenting style, this study revealed that children prefer parents who monitor their progress in school, tend to be strict on their behaviors and mentor them appropriately
Summary
Parenting styles refer to behaviors and attitudes that set the emotional climate of parent-child interactions such as parental responsiveness and demandingness. Abstract The study examined perception of learners on parenting styles and its influence on academic performance among secondary school students in Bukonzo County, Kasese District in Uganda. Democratic and authoritarian parenting styles proved to enhance students’ academic performance as opposed to leisure fair parenting style.
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