Anxiety and Academic Performance among Adolescents: Role of Gender, Geographic Areas and Uninvolved Parenting Style

Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to study independent and interaction effects of gender, uninvolved parenting style and geographic areas on anxiety and academic performance among adolescents. The sample for this research consisted of 300 female and male adolescents. Purposive sampling technique was used. Data analysis was done descriptively by using mean and standard deviation and further three-way ANOVA with 2×2×2 factorial design was used. Research results revealed a significant independent effect of ‘levels of uninvolved parenting style on both measures of dependent variables (anxiety and academic performance). Significant interaction effects of gender × geographic areas were found on both measures of dependent variables. On other hand, no triple interaction of gender, uninvolved parenting style and geographic areas were found on anxiety and academic performance.