Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between peer group influence, parental psychological support and student’s academic performance in junior secondary schools in Jega educational zone, Kebbi state. The study used expost factor design. Cluster and simple random sampling were used to select the sample size. Four junior secondary schools with a total population of 504 and a sample size of 217 students were drawn and used for the study. The study made use of instruments adapted from Azua, (2016). The instrument is known as Peer support inventory and parental support inventory. The academic performance was obtained from the scores in English language and mathematics from the students’ end of term examinations. Two hypotheses were formulated for this study and tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings of the study show that there is a significant relationship between peer support and academic performance of junior secondary school students (r=0.731, p=0.004), also a significant relationship exist between parental psychological support and academic performance of junior secondary school students (r=0.743, p=0.002). It is recommended that parents should actively participate and offer psychological support to their children by way of interacting with their children about peer group influence and thus, repositioning them skillfully towards excellent academic performance. Keywords : Peer group influence, Parental psychological support, Educational zone and Academic performance. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-15-13 Publication date: May 31 st 2020
Highlights
The word peer group is often used to refer to people of equal standing
1.4 Significance of the study The current study aims at examining the relationship between peer group and parental psychological support on the academic performance of students
Hypothesis One: There is no significant relationship between peer group support and academic performance among junior secondary school students
Summary
The word peer group is often used to refer to people of equal standing This could mean people who are of the same age, economic class, or grade within a profession. When this peer come together to be friends or spend time together they are refer to as peer group (Azua, 2016). There are different mechanisms through which peers influence one other, but one of the most frequently cited mechanisms in literature is peer group. It transfers group norms and maintains loyalty among group members (Vander Zanden, 2000)
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