SDCA Asia-Pacific Multidisciplinary Research Journal
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Parenting styles and academic anxiety towards academic performance of grade 11 students

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A well-established predictor of academic performance is academic anxiety. High levels of anxiety prevent students from performing to the best of their abilities. The goal of this study was to assess the degree of academic anxiety among Grade 11 students, its effects on their academic performance, and the potential influence of parenting styles employed by their guardians. Respondents were recruited from a private school in Bacoor City, Cavite, Philippines. Out of 167 people who were given the e-survey, a total of 120 (71.86%) responses were gathered from students, while 35 (20.96%) were from parents. The sample consisted of 58 male students (48.3%) and 62 female students (51.7%). The mean age of the sample was 16.45 years (SD = 0.62 years). In terms of a guardian’s parenting style, the majority, or 32 out of 35 guardians (91.43%), employ a democratic parenting style, while only 3 (8.57%) and 0 (0%) employ autocratic and permissive parenting styles, respectively. The online survey consisted of a profile checklist together with pre-validated instruments, including a researcher-made questionnaire for academic anxiety and Parenting Style Test adapted from Robinson et al. (1995). The results of comparative analyses revealed that academic anxiety among female students is significantly higher compared with their male counterparts. Moreover, students who scored low in academic anxiety are found to have better academic performances compared with those who have high academic anxiety. On the other hand, the impact of guardians' parenting styles on academic performance was not established. The researcher recommends further studies on similar variables with a higher number of respondents.

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