The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of parental attitude perceived by middle school students to their academic achievement, which was one of primary topics in our society. The research questions were posed as follows:
1. Do ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of parental attitude perceived by middle school students to their academic achievement, which was one of primary topics in our society. The research questions were posed as follows:
1. Do the grade and gender of middle school students make any significant differences to their perception of parental attitude?
2. What is the relationship of parental attitude perceived by middle school students to their academic achievement?
3. Does agreement or disagreement between paternal attitude and maternal attitude make any differences to their academic achievement?
To address the research question, questionnaire method was employed, and the subjects in this study were 540 students in their first, second and third years of two different middle schools in the city of Chang- weon.
After a survey was conducted, correlational analysis and ANOVA were administered.
The findings of this study were as follow:
First, regarding their awareness of parental attitude, they got a mean of 42.03 in perception of paternal attitude, and a mean of 41.75 in perception of maternal attitude. This indicated that the students investigated viewed the parental attitude of their parents favorably.
Their schooling year made no differences to their awareness of parental attitude, and there was no gap between the boys and girls, either.
Their awareness of parental attitude was under the significant influence of grade-gender interaction. Among the boys, the first graders had the lowest opinion about parental attitude, whereas among the girls, the first graders put the highest value on parental attitude. The gap between the two groups was significant.
Second, as for connections between parental attitude perceived by them and their academic achievement, paternal attitude had a significantly positive correlation to academic achievement, and maternal attitude had a significantly positive correlation to academic achievement as well. Those who looked at parental attitude more favorably performed better within school, but the relationship of parental attitude perceived by them to their academic achievement wasn't strong.
Third, whether or not paternal attitude and maternal attitude were the same wasn't significantly correlated to academic achievement. And the subareas of paternal attitude wasn't significantly correlated to academic achievement, either.