Parenting Styles as Correlates of Academic Anxiety Among Adolescents

Abstract

The current study intends to investigate the effects and relationships between parental styles and adolescents’ academic anxiety. It was predicted that parenting styles and academic anxiety in adolescents would be significantly correlated and that having an authoritarian parenting style would significantly contribute to high academic anxiety in adolescents. By using purposive sampling, 120 students (60 males and 60 girls) between the ages of 13 and 16 made up the sample. The Adolescent Parenting Attitude Four Factor Questionnaire and Academic Anxiety Scale for Children were the two evaluation instruments used to gather data. The statistical study included multiple regression and correlation. The findings showed a favorable correlation between academic anxiety and authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved parenting styles. However, there was a negative correlation between academic anxiety and an authoritative parenting style. The findings also indicated that among the predictor factors, authoritarian parenting style had the most significant positive contribution in determining academic anxiety, whereas authoritative parenting style was the most significant negative predictor of academic anxiety.