Parental competency as a predictor of children classroom achievement and prosocial behaviour

Pages: 447-451
Sampurna Baruah, Abha Singh, and Anuradha Sharma (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

The mastery of parenting competency influences how each parent interprets his/her own behaviour and his/her child’s behaviour. This paper discusses about the significant effect of parental competency on children’s academic achievement and prosocial behaviour. The aim of the study was to assess Parental Competency as a predictor of Children’s Classroom Achievement and Pro-social Behaviour. The objectives were to study the effect of Parental Competency on Children’s Classroom Achievement and on Children’s Pro-social Behaviour and to assess the differential effect of Parental Competency on Classroom Achievement among male and female adolescents as well as on Pro-social Behaviour among male and female adolescents. The study consisted of total 464 samples where 232 children of age 10-14 years from government as well as private schools along with their 232 parents. It was hypothesised that there will be a significant effect of Parental Competency on Children’s Classroom Achievement; there will be a significant effect of Parental Competency on Children’s Pro-social Behaviour; there will be significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Classroom Achievement of male and female adolescents and there will be significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Pro-social Behaviour of male and female adolescents. The findings of the study were: (i) there is a significant effect of Parental Competency on Children’s Classroom Achievement. (ii) There is significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Classroom Achievement of female adolescents. (iii) There is significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Pro-social Behaviour of male and female adolescents. Thus it can be concluded that parental competency plays an important factor on classroom achievement and prosocial behaviour of children, irrespective of both male and female. These skills are undoubtedly developed once being parent. But for the all-round development of children, parents should refine these skills through reading, training and rehearsing from time to time.