Dr Martina Chibugo Nwawube, Dr Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi & Marcel Sunday Obiorah
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and students’ self-efficacy in secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone, Anambra State. Three research questions guided the study. Correlational research design was employed for the study. The population of the study comprised 3,826 senior secondary school II students in 16 public secondary schools in the zone. The sample size for this study comprised 846 SSS2 students drawn using multistage sampling procedures. Parenting Styles Scale (PSS) and General Self-Efficiency Scale (GES) were used for data collection. The instruments were duly validated and Cronbach alpha was used for reliability test. Pearson Product Moment Coefficient was used in answering the research questions. The findings revealed that there is moderate relationship between authoritarian style and students’ self-efficacy in secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone and that there is moderate relationship between permissive styles and students’ self-efficacy in secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that community leaders should organize guidance and counselling programmes in the communities to sensitize and educate parents on various parenting styles to improve self-efficacy of their children.