Advisers

Joshua R. Oh, RPm

Discipline

Psychology

Abstract

Parenting styles play a significant role in how students respond to academic demands, particularly among scholars who are expected to maintain high academic standards. For Academic Excellence (ACAEX) scholars at Bestlink College of the Philippines, parenting approaches may either foster confidence, resilience, and motivation, or contribute to academic and behavioral challenges, which can affect both GPA and academic performance that are crucial for scholarship retention and long-term success. A quantitative descriptive-correlational design was used to collect data from fifty-two (52) ACAEX scholars through validated questionnaires. Two (2) research-made questionnaires and two (2) standardized tests were used to measure the challenges students encountered in relation to how parenting style influences their academic performance, motivation, and self-efficacy, as well as to assess the respondents’ perception of their parents’ parenting and to measure the students' academic performance through behaviors. Finally, to measure the relationship between parenting styles and students’ academic performance, Spearman’s rho was used. Results revealed that the respondents were mostly early adults aged 20–21, mostly female, and largely second-year students. Most of the respondents lived with guardians and came from low- to middle-class income households. The study further reveals that students generally perceived their parents’ authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved parenting styles in a neutral manner. In contrast, Authoritative parenting was perceived positively. Inferential analysis revealed that Authoritarian, Permissive, and Uninvolved parenting were significantly and negatively correlated with students’ academic performance, while Authoritative parenting showed no statistically significant relationship. But overall, when parenting styles are considered together, they do have a significant relationship with students’ academic performance.

Keywords

academic performance, Self-Efficacy, Parenting Style, Perception, motivation, ACAEX Scholars