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Ashum Gupta and Meetu Khosla
Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, Delhi
10-55-62The present study is an attempt to investigate the perceived parental behaviour and its
relationship with academic school success and academic competence. The sample comprised
of 500 High School students (250 male and 250 female). The subject were administered
Adolescent’s Perception of Parental Behaviour Questionnaire (APPBQ) developed by Arora,
Sinha and Lakshmi. A School Success was assessed by marks obtained in High School
Board Examination. Academic Competence Scale was also developed by Arora and lakshmi.
Results of the study revealed that parental acceptance and encouragement scores were
positively related with academic school success and academic competence scores. However
parental control (psychological and behavioral) showed negative relationship with academic
success and competence. Parents who were perceived as being more acceptant and using
less restrictive and hostile psychological control tended to have adolescents with higher
academic success and competence
relationship with academic school success and academic competence. The sample comprised
of 500 High School students (250 male and 250 female). The subject were administered
Adolescent’s Perception of Parental Behaviour Questionnaire (APPBQ) developed by Arora,
Sinha and Lakshmi. A School Success was assessed by marks obtained in High School
Board Examination. Academic Competence Scale was also developed by Arora and lakshmi.
Results of the study revealed that parental acceptance and encouragement scores were
positively related with academic school success and academic competence scores. However
parental control (psychological and behavioral) showed negative relationship with academic
success and competence. Parents who were perceived as being more acceptant and using
less restrictive and hostile psychological control tended to have adolescents with higher
academic success and competence