THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLES ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of parenting styles on social adjustment among secondary school students in Lagos Metropolis. To achieve this goal, the researcher formulated four hypotheses to guide the study. There is a significant influence of authoritative parenting style on student’s social adjustment.There is a significant influence of religious background on the parenting style of couples there is a significant influence of ethnicity on parenting style among couples. Survey descriptive design by means of questionnaire as instrument was used to gather data from one hundred and seventy one (171) parents respondents and two hundred and eighty (280) students.. The research instrument to test the hypothesis was the four point Likert-type scale of questionnaire. Independent t-test, the Fisher’’s protected t-test, ANOVA test analysis of variance supported by the two ways analysis of variance were adopted to analyse the data collected. Based on the results of this study, it found out that a very good parenting style would go a long way in shaping their wards social adjustment, parents should avoid the negative parenting styles in other to prevent their children from becoming violent and aggressive in the society. The study also found out that the permissive parenting styles will equally breed spoilt and wayward children. Equally, parents should avoid being too strict with their children but should adopt the authoritative style where the children can contribute to decision making in their homes which is more democratic in nature.
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