Parents’ socio-economic status as a predictor of children’s Self-concept in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
- Title
- Parents’ socio-economic status as a predictor of children’s Self-concept in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
- Author(s)
- Akobi, T.O. Okeke, C.I.O. See all items with this value
- Date
- 2023 See all items with this value
- Description
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This study was carried out to determine the relationship between parents’ socio-economic status and their primary school children’s self-concept. Threeresearchquestions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The work is basedonhumanistic learning theory by Carle Rogers. A correlational research designwasadopted for the study. The entire population of 845 was used as a sample, becausethe number was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a researcher-developed questionnaire called the Parental Socio-Economic Status and Children'sSelf-concept Questionnaire (PSESCSCQ). The instrument was validated by expertsbefore being administered to respondents. For data collection, a direct deliveryandretrieval method was adopted by the researchers, who were aided by fiveresearchassistants. Answers to the research questions were obtained by performingPearsonproduct moment correlation analysis. The hypotheses were tested using regressionanalysis (regression ANOVA). Data on parents’ socio-economic attributeswerecoded using dummy coding, which became necessary to bring the data tothesamemeasurement level. The results of the study show that all the attributes of parents’ socio-economic status (i.e., educational qualification, occupation, and income) aresignificant determinants of primary school children’s self-concept. It is concludedthat
parents’ socio-economic status can significantly predict children’s self-concept. Oneof the recommendations is that parents should provide their children with anenablingenvironment to develop a positive self-concept, even if the parents have a lowsocio-economic status. - Publisher
- Journal of Educational Studies See all items with this value
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- Keywords
- Socio-Economic Status, Self-Concept, Negative Self-Concept, PositiveSelf-Concept, Education See all items with this value
- volume
- 22
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 121-136
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- Journal Articles
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