Date of Publication

5-1991

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling

Subject Categories

Counseling | Psychology

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Salud Evangelista

Defense Panel Chair

Marita Bernardo

Defense Panel Member

Gundelina Velazco
Natividad Munarriz

Abstract/Summary

This study examines the relationship between academic achievement and perceived style, student's self-concept and learning attitudes. Academic Achievement measured by GPA was determined, Parenting Style Test, Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, and Learning Attitudes Test were administered to 120 sophomore students at Sacred Heart Girl's High School Taipei in the school year 1990-91. This is a descriptive study which made use of the survey method in gathering data. For statistical treatment, the Pearson Product Moment and stepwise multiple regression analysis were employed. The main findings of the study are the following: 1. There is a significant relationship between academic achievement and two specific parenting style of expectation (r=.289, p.01) and inconsistency (r2. There is a significant relationship between academic achievement and the student's self-concept in the area of self-behavior (r=.194, p.05), which means that the students who have higher scores on self-behavior in their self-concept tend to have better academic performance. 3. There is a significant relationship between academic achievement and overall learning attitudes (r=.270, p.01) and four subscales, namely learning method (r. 4. There is a significant relationship between parenting style perceived by students and their self-concept (r=.181, p.05) and their self-concept, and their overall learning attitudes (r5. Learning desire is the most predictive of academic achievement, followed by parenting styles of expectation, strictness, and inconsistency. The multiple R is .505 and MR squared is .255, which means that 25.5 percent of the Sacred Heart students' academic achievement is because of learning desire, expectation, strictness, and inconsistency. The researcher recommends that programs be designed to improve the learning desire and relations with parents to enhance student's academic achievement. More significantly, educational goals should be directed not only to academic, but to the development of the whole person.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG01832

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

89 leaves, 28 cm.

Keywords

Prediction of scholastic success; Academic achievement; Adolescent psychology; Parent and teenager

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