Parenting styles and pupils’ deviant behaviors in primary schools in Lumino Sub-County, Busia District, Uganda
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2019-03
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Kampala International University, School of Education
Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and pupils’
deviant behaviors in primary schools in Lumino, Sub County, Busia District,
Uganda. The study was guided with the following objectives; to determine the
dominant parenting styles, to find out the extent of deviant behaviors of pupils
and to establish the relationship between parenting styles and pupils’ deviant
behaviors .Descriptive correlation design was employed and quantitative and
qualitative approaches. The sample size of 568 which included teachers, pupils
and parents were derived from target population of 1,731. Purposive sampling
was used to select the teachers and simple random sampling was used to select
parents and pupils. Researcher made questionnaires and interview guide were
used to gather data. Content validity index and Cronbach Alpha were used to
determine the validity and reliability of the research instruments. Data analyses
were done using frequencies, percentage, mean, and Pearson Linear Correlation
Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that authoritarian
parenting style was the most dominant with a mean of 3.32. The pupils deviant
behavior was high with a mean of 0.966. The correlation results indicate that
there is a significant relationship between parenting styles and deviant behaviors
with r-va~ue of 0.305 and sig. of 0.000. The study concluded that authoritarian
parenting style is the most common parenting style practice by parents. Parents
need to impose discipline to their children at an early age and teachers must
teach good values to their pupils. The parenting styles have an effect on the
behavior of their children. The study recommended that parents should not
practice one parenting style and must be dedicated, committed and maintain a
positive relationship with their children. School administrators and teachers need
to set and implement much higher standard of discipline of pupils. The family
need to restore the basic principles in education, must educate, discipline and
nurture each child in Godly love at home.
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A thesis submitted to the College of Education, Open, Distance and E-learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for an award of Master’s degree in Educational Administration and Management of Kampala International University march, 2019
Keywords
Parenting styles, Pupils’ deviant behaviors, Primary schools, Uganda