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Parental Encouragement and Educational High School Children


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The present study was conducted in Hisar city of Haryana state andUdaipur city of Rajasthan state. From Hisar and Udaipur cities, two schools, one affiliated to CBSE and one affiliated to state education board, were selected at random. From each school 60 students including 30 boys and 30 girls in the age group of 13-16 years were selected randomly. So, the total sample constituted of 240 students, 120 from Hisar city and 120 from Udaipur city equally representing male and female respondents. Parental encouragement was assessed by using Parental Encouragement Scale by Sharma (1997). Educational aspiration was assessed by Educational Aspiration scale by Sharma and Gupta (2015). The results elucidated that there were significant positive correlation between parental encouragement and educational aspirations of children. Children with low educational aspirations received low level of parental encouragement; while children with high educational aspirations received high level of parental encouragement. The regression results confirmed that parental encouragement was strong predictor of educational aspiration of high school children.

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Parental Encouragement, Educational Aspirations, Relationship, High School, Children.
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Authors

Nootan Katara
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. Collage of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, India
Shanti Balda
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. Collage of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, India
Santosh Sangwan
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. Collage of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


The present study was conducted in Hisar city of Haryana state andUdaipur city of Rajasthan state. From Hisar and Udaipur cities, two schools, one affiliated to CBSE and one affiliated to state education board, were selected at random. From each school 60 students including 30 boys and 30 girls in the age group of 13-16 years were selected randomly. So, the total sample constituted of 240 students, 120 from Hisar city and 120 from Udaipur city equally representing male and female respondents. Parental encouragement was assessed by using Parental Encouragement Scale by Sharma (1997). Educational aspiration was assessed by Educational Aspiration scale by Sharma and Gupta (2015). The results elucidated that there were significant positive correlation between parental encouragement and educational aspirations of children. Children with low educational aspirations received low level of parental encouragement; while children with high educational aspirations received high level of parental encouragement. The regression results confirmed that parental encouragement was strong predictor of educational aspiration of high school children.

Keywords


Parental Encouragement, Educational Aspirations, Relationship, High School, Children.

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