Parental Monitoring and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Deviant Behaviour among Undergraduate Students

Chinawa, Francis Chukwuemeka and Omeje, Obiageli and Anike, R. Ugwu and Ekwo, Jude Chukwudi and Douglas, John Ufuoma and Nwodo, Theodora Onyinyechi and Okolo, Jane (2024) Parental Monitoring and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Deviant Behaviour among Undergraduate Students. GPH-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 7 (1). pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

The study investigated parental conflict and parenting style as predictors of undergraduate students, one hundred and fifty-six (156) undergraduate students with mean age of 19.16 and SD of 1.895 were drawn using multi-stage (cluster, simple random: by balloting and purposive) sampling techniques as participants from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. Deviant Behaviour Variety Scale (DBVS; Sanches et al., 2016), Baumrid (1971) Parental care scale and Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPIC) (Grych, Seid, & Fincham, 1992) were used for data collection, a correlational design was adopted, while multiple hierarchical linear regression using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 27 software was used for data analysis. Finding shows that parental conflict (self-blame Stβ= -.009 and t= -.037, conflict properties Stβ= -.095 and t= -.394 and threat Stβ= .301 and t= 1.159 at p< .05) did not predict deviant behaviour among undergraduate student, Parenting style (authoritarian parenting Stβ= .425 and t= 1.861, permissiveness parenting Stβ= .019 and t= .100 and authoritative parenting Stβ= -.098 and t= -.433 at p < .05) did not predict deviant behaviour among undergraduate student. Hence, clinical psychologist and care givers should derive a means to handle the onset of deviant behaviour.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education > Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2025 23:31
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2025 23:31
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5070

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