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Author: Katara, Nootan Shambhulal × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2018 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Parental encouragement and educational aspiration of high school children in Hisar and Udaipur city
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Katara, Nootan Shambhulal; Balda, Shanti
    Parental encouragement is a general process taken up by parents for directing the behaviour of children. Educational aspirations are the standards of education that an individual sets for his educational goals realistically in relation to his physical and mental attributes and in accordance with his environment. Parental encouragement is a powerful intervening variable affecting children’s educational aspirations. The study examines the influence of parental encouragement on educational aspirations of high school children. The present study was conducted in Hisar city of Haryana and Udaipur city of Rajasthan state on 240 students comprising 120 from Hisar and 120 from Udaipur city. The sample represented equal number of boys and girls ranging in 13-16 years of age group. Parental encouragement level was assessed by using Parental Encouragement Scale by Sharma (1997). Educational aspiration was assessed by Educational Aspiration scale by Sharma and Gupta (2015). The results revealed that majority of children received moderate level of parental encouragement irrespective of area of residence, sex of child and affiliation of their school to educational board. Maximum number of children had moderate level of educational aspiration irrespective of area of residence, sex of child and affiliation of their school to educational board. The results elucidated significant relationship between parental encouragement and educational aspiration of children. The regression results also revealed that parental encouragement is strong predictor of educational aspiration. The study further unveils that there was no association between educational aspiration and area of residence, sex of child, caste, affiliation of their school to educational board and family type. Study highlighted significant relationship between educational aspiration and age, ordinal position, number of siblings, parental education and occupation, family size and family income. Simple factorial ANOVA for educational aspiration by paternal education, maternal education, income and family size with covariates (parental encouragement, area and educational board) revealed that when all independent variables entered simultaneously, results revealed ANCOVA model was significant. Combined effect of covariates and combined effect of paternal education, maternal education, income and family size were significant.