Abstract
Positive relationships within the family, parental support, a consistent and constructive parental discipline style and adult supervision tend to be related negatively to adolescents deviant behaviors and their associations with deviant peers. Poor family relationships were found to be associated with higher levels of delinquent behaviors, possibly due to the fact that parents in those families provided poor role models and engaged in ineffective discipline strategies. Problem statement: A considerable number of secondary school students were involved in delinquent behavior and they are not doing well in school. School authorities with the supervision of education departments and the Ministry of Education have done their best to guide and monitor students’ discipline. Yet the problems related to misbehavior still occur in schools. A study was conducted on 113 at risk students to examine whether parental factors could contribute to their misbehavior problems. Approach: Interviews were conducted using open ended questions. Data were analyzed qualitatively using in vivo software to extract categories of parental influence. Results and Conclusion: Findings showed that the adolescents do have problems with their families including lack of parental attention, communication problems and poor relationship between parents. The implications of the findings were discussed.
Highlights
In recent years there has been a greater interest in the role of family environment in the development of children behavior including protective and risky behavior
Family interactions, processes and parenting are recognized as significant influences on adolescents development, behavior and substance use (Di-Clemente et al, 2001, Elias et al, 2009a)
They get involved in activities which are beyond the direct supervision of parents. In such activities there is a need for more active parental monitoring to get information about the child
Summary
In recent years there has been a greater interest in the role of family environment in the development of children behavior including protective and risky behavior. They get involved in activities which are beyond the direct supervision of parents In such activities there is a need for more active parental monitoring to get information about the child. A study by Sargent and Dalton (2001) reported that adolescents who faced stronger parental disapproval of smoking were less likely to smoke When both parents strongly disapproved of smoking, peer smoking was found to be reduced. A study conducted in Taiwan (Wu et al, 2007) found that students with a strong family connection were less likely to use substances and to be part of a strong peer group. It is hypothesized that a positive family environment which consists of good parent-child relationships, parental acceptance and parental monitoring would reduce the negative impact of peer influence on adolescents’ misbehavior and reduces other social problems
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