The Impact of Peer Pressure to Disregard Parental Authority on Academic Achievement of Secondary Schools Students

This study investigated the impact of peer pressure to disregard parental authority on academic achievement of secondary school students. Two hypotheses were tested in this study. Relevant literature were consulted to support the study. The variant of research design that was adopted in this study is correlation survey design. Survey design involves obtaining data from a sample (survey) of the population. The study is carried out in Cross River State, Nigeria. Sample size of 400 was used. Multistage sampling procedure was adopted. A sampling technique combining simple and stratified random sampling was adopted for the purpose of this study. Stratification was done based on the educational zones in the state. In each zone, 4 Local government Areas were sampled using the simple random sampling method. In each local government Area, thirty–three (33) persons will be sampled by simple random sampling method. Questionnaire is used as instrument for data collection. Correlation coefficient is used to analyse data for the purpose of the study. Findings of the study include among others that Peer Pressure to overrule parental control/authority does significantly affect academic achievement among secondary school student in Cross River State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of this study, recommendations were made which include that a child should be trained and taught to appreciate parental authority. If necessary, strict disciplinary actions should be used by parents in an effort to carry this out. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-35-10 Publication date: December 31st 201