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Abstract The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate the predictive relationship between authoritarian parenting style and academic performance in school students. The sample of 100 school students (50 male and 50 female) with an age range 9 to 17 years with mean age of 14.6 (ñSD= 3.69) were recruited from various educational institutions of Karachi, Pakistan. The Authoritarian Parenting Style was assessed through subscale of Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ; Buri, 1991) whereas he Academic performance was assessed through last class achieved grade point. The Linear Regression analysis was employed for statistical analysis of the data. Results reveal authoritarian parenting style as a significant predictor of academic performance in school students. The authoritarian parenting style accounted for 38% variance in scores of academic performance. The implications and avenues for future studies are discussed.
Keywords: Authoritarian Parenting, Academic Performance, Students, School INTRODUCTION Parenting style is a major factor which plays an important role in development of individual's personality (Baldwin, Mclntyre, and Hardaway, 2007) and is considered to influence different aspects of children's outcomes ranging from academic achievement, externalizing behavior problems, optimism, motivation, confidence, and attention problems (Gadeyne, Ghesquiere, and Onghena, 2004). It has been seen that parenting styles are different and these vary from individual to individual and is also specific to particular society; culture and locality in which the person is reared.
Baumrind (1991) presented four parenting styles each with a different emphasis on responsiveness and demandingness: First, indulgent parents who are defined as permissive or non-directive. Their valence is more toward permissiveness rather than demandingness. Second, authoritarian parent who are defined as highly demanding and equally high in directive but lower on responsiveness. Third, authoritative parent who are defined as both responsive and demanding. They set clear standards and equally assertive and non-intrusive. Fourth, uninvolved parents who are defined as low in both demandingness and responsiveness. Parenting styles have also been described as a three-category structure, i.e. authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting styles (Dornbusch, Ritter, Leiderman, Robert, and Fraleigh 1997).
According to Maccoby and Martin (1983), authoritative parenting is manifested by patterns of warmth, non-harsh behavior, and also uniformity was found in children daily living and adaptive behavior which help them to adjustment. Authoritarian style is manifested by patterns of less warmth, harsh...