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Parental involvement, parenting style, secondary school student attitude towards schooling and academic performance in Kenya

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  • Simon Njogu Njagi
  • Joash A. Migosi
  • Jonathan M. Mwania

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The study sought to find the relationship between parental involvement, parenting style, student's attitude towards school and academic performance. A correlational survey research design was used. Cronbach's alpha (α) for questionnaires from pilot study indicated that, parental involvement α = 0.7, authoritarian parenting α = 0.6, authoritative style α = 0.8, permissive parenting style α = 0.6 and attitude towards school had α = 0.6. Pearson correlation test on data from a sample of 200 students (100 girls and 100 boys) from public secondary schools in Embu North District, showed, parental involvement had positive significant relationship with both students attitude towards school and academic performance, authoritarian style had negative insignificant correlation with attitude towards school, but had significant negative correlation with academic performance, permissive parenting style had negative significant correlation with both attitude towards school and academic performance while attitude towards had positive significant relationship with academic achievement. There is need for parents to be sensitised on parenting.

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  • Simon Njogu Njagi & Joash A. Migosi & Jonathan M. Mwania, 2014. "Parental involvement, parenting style, secondary school student attitude towards schooling and academic performance in Kenya," International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(2), pages 152-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeded:v:5:y:2014:i:2:p:152-171
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    1. Nyuherno Aris Wibowo & Fulgentinus Danardana Murwani & Ludi Wishnu Wardana, 2017. "Parenting Styles for the Deaf Children in Disseminating Entrepreneurship," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(7), pages 143-163, July.

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