RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER INFLUENCE, PARENTAL SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, KADUNA STATE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER INFLUENCE, PARENTAL SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, KADUNA STATE
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2016-10
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AZUA, Fidelia Hembadoon
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Abstract
This study was designed to find out peer influence and parental support on the academic
achievement of senior secondary school students in Giwa educational zone. The study used expost
factor design. Cluster and simple random sampling were used to select the sample. Four
senior secondary schools with a total population of 1606 and a sample size of 338 students
were drawn and used for the study. Two questionnaires were used for the study, peer support i
and of parental support inventories. The academic achievement was obtained from the scores
in English language and mathematics from the students mock qualifying examination. Three
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 achievement (r=0.742, p=0.018), parental psychological support and
academic achievement (r=0.756, p=0.003). A significant relationship also exist between
parental monitoring for homework and academic achievement (r=0.838, p=0.002.) It is
recommended that parents should offer psychological support to their children by way of
communicating with their children about the value/utility of education, fostering educational and
career aspiration in the child, linking of school work to current event, and making
plans/preparations for the child‟s future. When students received such support they become more
determined to achieve academically.
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A Dissertation Submitted To the Postgraduate School Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, In
Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Degree of Master in Educational Psychology,
Department Of Educational Psychology and Counseling
Faculty of Education,
Abu Zaria- Nigeria
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER INFLUENCE,, PARENTAL SUPPORT,, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE,, KADUNA STATE