INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL SOCIAL CLASS AND PARENTAL INTERVENTION ON SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATTIONAL ZONE KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL SOCIAL CLASS AND PARENTAL INTERVENTION ON SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATTIONAL ZONE KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2017-03
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UMAR, Hamisu
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The study investigated the influence of parental social class and parental intervention on school adjustment of Senior Secondary School Students in Giwa educational zone, Kaduna state. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. survey design was employed in the study.310 secondary students were used as the sample of the study from a population of 5,508. Randomsampling technique was adopted.Adjustment College Scale (ATCS), Parental Involvement Project (P.I.P) questionnaire and Parental Social Class Scale (PSCS) were the instruments used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test hypotheses one and four and hypotheses two and three were tested using ANOVA. The findings revealed significant relationship between parental income and students‟ school adjustment with r=.514 and p=.000; significant differencewas found amongparents of different occupational status with regards to students school adjustment with f=219.142 and p=0.000; significant difference was fund among parentsofdifferent educational level on students‟ school adjustment with f= 134.158 and p=.000and finally, significant relationship between parental intervention and students‟ school adjustment was found with r=.871 and p=.000. It was recommended among othersthat parents should be sensitized on the impact of their social class on school adjustment of their children, they also need to effectively intervene in the life of their children for better school adjustment
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
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INFLUENCE,, PARENTAL SOCIAL CLASS,, PARENTAL INTERVENTION,, SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT,, SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, GIWA EDUCATTIONAL ZONE KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA