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The Influence Of Communication Between Parents And Students On Academic Performance
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According to Mcleod and Chaffee (1972), socio-orientation
stresses interpersonal harmony in the family and avoidance of conflicts
or controversy. According to them, concept-orientation encourages
children to think independently and proffer solutions to some social
issues relating to them and the society at large. Mcleod and Chaffee
stress that a highly socio-oriented parent thinks that, in order to
maintain social harmony, children should not argue with adults and
should not express opinions that are different from those of the family
members. In contrast, a highly concept-oriented parent believes that
children should look at both sides of issues and talk freely about these
issues.
From these two patterns of parent-child communication,
Mcleod and Chaffee developed a four-fold typology of family
communication patterns: parents who are high on concept-orientation but
low on socio-orientation are labelled pluralistic. Pluralistic parents
emphasize children’s free expression of ideas without fear of
punishment. Parents low on concept-orientation and high on socio-
orientation are labelled protective. Protective parents stress obedience
and harmonious relationships with the children and show little concern
over conceptual matters. Parents high on both patterns are labelled
consensual. Consensual parents stress both relational harmony and free
communication exchange. In this type of family, children are allowed to
express their ideas as long as the family’s internal harmony is
maintained. Parents who are low on both patterns are labelled laissez-
fair. Laissez-fair parents encourage neither open communication between
parents and children nor relational harmony. In this type of family,
there may be very little conversation among parents and children.
Communication research has provided evidence in support of the
behavioural and/or attitudinal consequences of family communication
patterns. Studies have found that children whose parents adopted
socio-oriented pattern are more susceptible to persuasion and more
responsive to source characteristics, such as source prestige.
Conversely, children with concept- oriented parents are less vulnerable
to persuasion and focus more on the persuasive message, such as the
number and the quality of arguments (Mcleod & Chaffee 1972).
In
the light of these findings, it is plausible to assume that the
communication patterns parents apply in bringing up their children could
play an essential part in cultivating individuals’ behavioural
outcomes, which reflect the unique ways they think, feel, and behave.
Could these communication patterns adopted by parents influence the
students Academic Performance? It is against this background that the
researcher seeks to carry out this investigation.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated The influence of communication between parents and students on academic performance. Three research questions and two null hypothesis (tested at p≤0.5) guided the study. The study is an ex-post facto or casual comparative researcher design. The sample for this study was made up of four hundred and eighty students in Ajayi crowther university. The students’ self-esteem scale on the other hand yielded an alpha of 0.874 which was established through cronbach a ... Continue reading---
