IMPACT OF PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ACADEMIC ANXIETY OF RURAL ADOLESCENTS
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2010
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Abstract
The investigation entitled ‘Impact of Parental Encouragement on Academic Performance
and Academic Anxiety of Rural Adolescents’ aimed to explore the level of parental
encouragement of rural adolescents and its impact on their academic performance and academic
anxiety. The study was based upon a sample of 200 (100 boys and 100 girls) adolescents in the
age range of 13-16 years belonging to Punjabi origin, nuclear and middle socio economic status
families. The sample was randomly drawn from four Government High and Senior Secondary
Schools selected purposively from rural areas of Ludhiana district. A list of adolescents (both
boys and girls) along with their marks obtained in previous examination was prepared from the
school records. The respondents were equally divided into two groups of high performers (>70%
marks) and low performers (<45% marks). Socio Economic Status Scale by Bharadwaj (2001) was
used to judge the socio-economic status of rural families. The Academic Anxiety Scale by Singh
and Gupta (1984) was used to assess the academic anxiety and Parental Encouragement Scale by
Agarwal (1999) was used to measure perceived parental encouragement by the adolescents.
Results indicated a significant association between perceived parental encouragement, academic
performance and academic anxiety. Academic anxiety was found to be high for both the
performance categories. Further it was found that academic performance and age were
significantly associated with parental encouragement and academic anxiety. Non significant age
and gender differences for parental encouragement and academic anxiety were found. Further
parental encouragement was significantly and positively correlated with academic performance
and academic anxiety. As perceived parental encouragement increased, academic performance
and academic anxiety also increased.