Location
Northwestern College, Rowenhorst Student Center
Abstract
The current study investigated the relationship between parenting styles, academic achievement and career outlook. A sample of 133 participants took part in this study. Parenting styles were measured by the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991). GPA was used to asses an individual’s academic performance. A questionnaire written by the researcher was used to test the parent’s involvement in academics and their career outlooks. Four hypotheses were used in this study. First, it was hypothesized that students who experienced authoritative parenting styles would show higher academic achievement in college than when other parenting styles from at least one parent were experienced. Additionally, it was hypothesized that mothers would have a more significant impact than fathers on career outlook and be more involved in academics. The third hypothesis of this study predicted that student who experienced an authoritative parenting style would have a higher chance of going
into the same field as that parent. Lastly, it was hypothesized that students would report that mothers would have more of an authoritative parenting style than fathers. Two paired samples t-test and two Pearson-correlations indicated that these hypotheses were not supported. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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What Parenting Style Should We Use? A study on the relationship styles in academics and career outlook
Northwestern College, Rowenhorst Student Center
The current study investigated the relationship between parenting styles, academic achievement and career outlook. A sample of 133 participants took part in this study. Parenting styles were measured by the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991). GPA was used to asses an individual’s academic performance. A questionnaire written by the researcher was used to test the parent’s involvement in academics and their career outlooks. Four hypotheses were used in this study. First, it was hypothesized that students who experienced authoritative parenting styles would show higher academic achievement in college than when other parenting styles from at least one parent were experienced. Additionally, it was hypothesized that mothers would have a more significant impact than fathers on career outlook and be more involved in academics. The third hypothesis of this study predicted that student who experienced an authoritative parenting style would have a higher chance of going
into the same field as that parent. Lastly, it was hypothesized that students would report that mothers would have more of an authoritative parenting style than fathers. Two paired samples t-test and two Pearson-correlations indicated that these hypotheses were not supported. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.