Parenting Styles and Self-Efficacy among Secondary School Students in Ibanda North, Ibanda District, Uganda

Authors

  • Japheth Noel Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
  • Imelda Kemeza Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
  • Esther Njeri Kiaritha Department of Educational Psychology, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
  • Davis Muhwezi Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v8i2p135

Keywords:

Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, Uninvolved Parenting Styles, Self-Efficacy

Abstract

The main purpose of the current study was to analyze the relationship between parenting styles and self-efficacy among secondary school students in Ibanda North, Ibanda district Uganda. The study also examined the contribution of individual parenting styles in predicting students’ self-efficacy. The study was quantitative and cross sectional-correlational in nature. Questionnaires were used to gather data from 290 participants 136 (47%) males and 154(53%) females. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The findings of the study showed that there was moderate positive significant correlation between authoritative parenting style and self-efficacy (r = .365, p< 0.01). Authoritarian parenting style had a low positive significant relationship with self-efficacy (r = .169, p< 0.01). Permissive parenting style had a low positive insignificant relationship with self-efficacy (r=.090, p>0.01) and uninvolved parenting style had a low negative relationship with self-efficacy (r=.-.090, p>0.01). All parenting styles computed together indicated a high positive significant relationship with self-efficacy (r=.620, p>0.01). On individual parenting styles’ contribution to predicting self-efficacy, findings revealed that only authoritative parenting style was significant

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Noel, J., Kemeza, I., Kiaritha, E. N., & Muhwezi, D. (2021). Parenting Styles and Self-Efficacy among Secondary School Students in Ibanda North, Ibanda District, Uganda. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 8(2), 135-148. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v8i2p135

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