The Roles of Parenting Methods in the Performance of Academic Dishonesty
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v14i1.8955Keywords:
Academic Dishonesty, Stressors, Parenting Styles, Authoritarian, Authoritative, PermissiveAbstract
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Parenting methods play a crucial part in determining the values and personalities of children. The contrasts between children with different types of parents are noticeable in their daily behaviors and actions. This study was designed to investigate the effect of parenting methods on academic performance in terms of academic honesty. Not many studies have touched on this connection, and we have decided to analyze the many factors of stress and pressure that students face that would most likely cause them to be academically dishonest. We collected the results and feedback of over 200 participants through an online survey on parenting methods and morality. Through this process we found that the parenting style of the mother and father had contrasting effects on morality and therefore, tendencies to commit academic dishonesty. We also discovered that students with authoritarian parents had more academic stress coming directly from the parents while others, contrastingly, had similar levels of pressure but from other sources like teachers, peers, society and self.
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