Parental influences in academic performance of school going students

Pages:132-137
Priyanka Pandey and Komilla Thapa (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)

This study was conducted to examine the contribution of parents to the ongoing academic progress of students. As no suitable measures were available, one scale was constructed to measure parental influence in academic performance. An item analysis was done to select the statistically sounds items. Factor analysis was done to determine the factorial structure of this scales. 120 students (both boys & girls) from different schools (government & semi government) constituted the sample. The results showed parental influences was positively correlated to actual academic performance (obtain from school records). Vis a visa boys, girls obtained higher scores on scale and perceived parental influence in positive manner. No significant school differences were found.