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Effects of Parenting Style on Self-Perceived Academic Achievement in University Students Jackie Roche and Erin MacInnis.

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1 Effects of Parenting Style on Self-Perceived Academic Achievement in University Students Jackie Roche and Erin MacInnis

2 Literature Review n Academics and authoritative parenting n Ethnicity and authoritarian parenting n Motivation and parenting

3 Design n Correlation – Predictor Variable: Parenting Style – Criterion Variables: n Success n Attitude n Motivation n Anxiety n GPA

4 Hypothesis n The degree of authoritative style parenting in university students will predict the degree to which the students positively perceive themselves in the following areas: – academics – motivation – attitude – anxiety – GPA

5 Hypothesis n There will be a difference in parenting style between high school and university

6 Methodology n Recruitment from residence at Acadia University n Questionnaire n Consent, debriefing

7 Scoring n Demographics, School info n True and False questions n Code answers – affirmation of a question indicated a type of parenting or behaviour

8 Analyzing n Analyze responses to determine style of parenting and behaviour. n Compare style of parenting to self- perceived academic achievement. n 3 Pearson’s tables n 3 multiple regressions n Descriptives, frequencies.

9 Results n Frequencies n Descriptives n Correlations n Multiple regression n Stepwise – Anxiety – Outlook Today – Success in High School

10 Results of Multiple Regressions

11 What does it all mean? n Authoritarian Parenting and Anxiety n Authoritarian Parenting and Outlook today n Authoritarian Parenting and Success in High School

12 Hypothesis n Parenting and Positive Perception n Differences in parenting

13 Suggestions for future research n Questionnaire n More specific – motivation (intrinsic, extrinsic) – anxiety – ethnicity


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