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The Influence of Adolescent's Perceptions of Parental Behaviors on Academic Achievement Orientation in Kenya

Ansah, Frank
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249500832

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2009, Master of Science, Miami University, Family and Child Studies.
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of adolescent’s perceptions of parental behaviors on academic achievement orientation in Kenya. The analysis in this study used data collected from 630 adolescents selected from four secondary (high) schools in Kenya. A series of hierarchical linear regression revealed paternal and maternal monitoring and support were significant predictors of academic achievement orientation among Kenyan adolescents. Significant mean difference between males and females on academic achievement orientation were found. Perceptions of paternal and maternal autonomy granting behaviors were found not to be significant predictors of academic achievement orientation. This finding in a way goes to distinguish adolescents living within Sub-Saharan Africa and their counterparts from the Western societies. Parental punitiveness was also found to be a negative predictor of academic achievement orientation. The significance of these results and its implications on the parent-child relationship in Kenya are discussed further in this study.
Ji- Young Lim, PhD (Advisor)
Gary W. Peterson, PhD (Committee Member)
Carolyn Slotten, PhD (Committee Member)
42 p.
Social Research
Parental monitoring; support; autonomy granting; punitiveness; academic achievement orientation; Kenya; Sub-Saharan Africa; adolescents; perceptions; paternal; maternal; education; male; female; parenting; behaviors;

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  • Ansah, F. (2009). The Influence of Adolescent's Perceptions of Parental Behaviors on Academic Achievement Orientation in Kenya [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249500832

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ansah, Frank. The Influence of Adolescent's Perceptions of Parental Behaviors on Academic Achievement Orientation in Kenya. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249500832.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ansah, Frank. "The Influence of Adolescent's Perceptions of Parental Behaviors on Academic Achievement Orientation in Kenya." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249500832

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