A Study on the Relationships of Malaysia Chinese Independent Junior High School Students’ Parenting Styles and Academic Achievement – Used Selangor State as an Example

• Main Authors: GAN HONG ENN, 顏鴻恩
• Other Authors: Gwo-Jen Guo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dpn84u

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 輔導與諮商學系所 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between Malaysia Chinese Independent junior high school students’ perceiving parents’ parenting styles and their academic achievement, and to understand whether these students’ perceiving parents’ parenting styles and academic achievement had significant differences based on personal background variables. Finally, predictions based on students’ perceiving parents’ parenting styles versus academic achievement were made. The study employed a questionnaire of 1,123 junior high school students who study in 4 Malaysia chinese independent junior high schools located in Selangor state of Malaysia. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, one-factor ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple stepwise regression. The results were summarized as the following: Malaysia Chinese Independent junior high school students’ perceiving parents’ parenting styles were divided into two extreme,that are “indifferent-uninvolvement” and “authoritative” but gradually ignoring tranditional way of “disciplinarian” parenting styles.According to the finding, except for the grade, there were no significant differences in parenting styles among students according to personal background variables in gender, area, family structure, family social economic status. Secondly, there were significant differences in academic achievement among students according to differences in grade, gender and family social economic status but there were no significant differences in variables such as area and family structure. The finding show that influence of perceiving parents’ parenting style on junior high school students’ academic achievement was significant and there was a positive correlation and prediction between junior high school students’ perceiving parents’ “loving” parenting style and their academic achievement. According to the findings of this study, suggestions were provided to government, parents, counselling organizations, schools and teachers and future studies.