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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS’ GENDER AND PARENTING STYLES ON STUDENTS’AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

K T Sanni,, A. E. Emeke, W. O. Aransi

Abstract


This study examined the influence of students‗ gender and parenting styles on students‗ aggressive behaviour in Osun State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design of ex-post facto was employed. All public senior secondary school II students in Irewole, Isokan and Ayedaade Federal constituency formed the target population. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample six schools (that is two schools per local government). Simple random sampling technique was employed to select three-hundred (300) participants. The instrument used was validated and subjected to reliability test. The data were analyzed with the aid of inferential statistics. The empirical outcomes indicated negative influence of authoritative parenting style and students‗ aggressive behaviour. The result revealed a positive influence of autocratic and uninvolved parenting principles on students‗ aggressive behaviour. Besides, the empirical outcomes indicated that there is a weak joint influence of gender and parenting styles on students‗ aggressive behaviour. The findings also revealed that there is no significant difference in the level with which male and female adolescents demonstrated aggressive behaviour while in school. Lastly, the result indicated that a positive and significant but weak correlation between students‗ demonstration of aggressive behaviour and the application of different parenting styles with authoritative. The study concluded that parenting styles exhibited by parents in guiding and nurturing their wards have a long way to go in their ward‗s expression of aggressive behaviour while in school regardless of the gender of the wards. It is recommended that parents should embrace effective application of authoritative parenting style in the course of nurturing their children. As this would help in guiding against demon

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Gender; Parenting Styles; Aggressive Behaviour; Secondary School; students

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