Effect of Parental Support and Expectations on Child’s Academic Performance During a Global Pandemic

Abstract

The current study was an investigation of perceived parental expectations, parental support and the student’s academic self-concept during a global pandemic. The objective of the research was to understand how students of class 9th to 12th perceive their parents expectations regarding their academics, the level of support students feel their parents provide for their academics and how has that changed during the pandemic, how students feel the parental expectations and support is influencing their academic performance and the students’ academic self-concept and how it influences their academic performance. Through the results of the study, the hypothesis- Perceived parental expectation in regard to academics will positively or negatively influence children’s academic performance during this global pandemic does not have enough evidence to be proved and more research is required in this domain. The second hypothesis- Perceived parental support in regard to academics will positively or negatively influence children’s academic performance during this global pandemic is proven to be true.