Effects of Parent-Children Communication on Academic Performance of the Children: A Study of Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

This research was carried out to find the effects of parents-children
communication on the academic performance of the children across
Southern Punjab. This research investigated the relationship between
parental-children communication, gender, and educational performance of
the children. The researcher applied Social Learning Theory (SLT) by
Albert Bandura (1977) and Emotional Security Theory (EST) by
Cummings and Davies (1995). The researcher adopted quantitative
research based on self-reported survey questionnaire from the school
going students of 6th grade. The researcher used multistage sampling.
Finally, the study was carried out on the sample of 1000 school children
with a balanced sample of both male and female students. It was found
that the unfriendly parent children communication effected the academic
performance negatively and more than friendly parent children
communication furthermore the male children were more affected by
unfriendly parent-children communication than female children in context
of their academic performance. The study concluded that academic
performance of Southern Punjab children could be improved by increasing
friendly parent-children communication and discouraging the unfriendly
parent-children communication through awareness to the parents, however
the socioeconomic status and low literacy levels of the parents remained
one of the major factors which should be controlled.