Parenting Styles, Study Habits and Achievement Motivation among Adolescents

By : Nilesh Thakre, Chandana Shet

Page No: 281-293

Abstract
The present study explores the impact of Father’s parenting style on adolescentsstudy habits and achievement motivation. Past research has explored the impact of parenting or educational involvement of only one parent, mostly mother (Cabera, Tamis-LeMonda, Bradley, Hofferth, & Lamb, 2000; Grief & Grief, 2004). However, changes in the family structure like rising divorce rates, single parents and increasing number of women engaged in workforce has brought in the need to study fatherhood too. The participants of the study consist of 76 adolescents girls and boys within the age range of 13 to 14 years, studying in classes’ 8th and 9th standard of English medium schools in Mumbai. They were assessed by using three different tools namely parental authority questionnaire (Buri, 1992), test of study habits and attitudes (Mathur, 2002) and achievement motivation scale (Deo & Mohan, 2011). The data was analysed by one way analysis of variance and Tukey’s HSD. Results revealed a significant difference between parenting styles on study habits and achievement motivation. The study habits and achievement motivation among adolescents was higher when the parenting style was authoritative as compared to authoritarian and permissive parenting styles.

Authors :
Nilesh Thakre : Associate Professor – Department of Psychology, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Chandana Shet - School Psychologist, Arya Vidya Mandir School & Research Scholar, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.01.24