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Causes of School Dropout among Male Students in Public Secondary Schools of Embu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-07) Ireri, Daisy Njeri
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Female Genital Mutilation: Health Related Problems among the Somali Community in Garissa Town, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2003-03) Major Mohammed Yussuf
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Effects of Parenting Style on Students’ Discipline: A Case of Public Secondary Schools in Buuri Sub-County, Meru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-11)
This study examined the significance of methods of discipline used by parents and how these methods of discipline consequently affect multiple aspects of their child's development in terms of behaviour and academic performance among secondary school students in Buuri Sub-county of Meru County. The study was guided by the following objectives: To establish the effects of parenting style on academic performance in Buuri sub-county in Meru County, to find out the forms of indiscipline associated with parenting style in secondary schools, to determine the influence of parenting styles on boys as compared 1o girls among secondary school students in Buuri sub-county in Meru County and to seek suggestions on the best practices that will ensure discipline issucs related to parenting style are minimized among secondary school students. The study was conceptualized through Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory since it is a social issue tackled by the study. The study adopted descriptive research survey design to collect data through the use of questionnaires and interview schedules as the study instruments. The researcher conducted a pilot study that enabled the researcher to determine the validity and reliability of the instruments. The target population for this study were all public secondary schools in Buuri sub-county where the subject of the study were school heads, teachers and students totaling to 1740. Stratified random sampling was applied to arrive at 194 respondents who participated in the siudy. Descriptive analysis was employed in this research to enable the researcher to calculate the mean value, standard deviation and percentages during data analysis process. Tables and diagrams were obtained for data presentation. The researcher then gave recommendations regarding the effects of parenting style on the students’ discipline. This study concludes that authoritative parenting style for secondary school students in Buuri Sub-County consistently yielded results indicating that parenting styles can enhance or diminish acceptable behavioral outcomes. Parents should be encouraged to embrace warm and responsive parenting which has consistently been associated with positive developmental outcomes, such as secure emotional attachments, good peer relations, high self-esteem and a strong sense of morality and this may lead to better performance. The study is expected to be of great use since it may act as guideline when making policies regarding discipline among secondary school students. In such they may be able o come up with policies that encompasses all causes of indiscipline in secondary school and provide a remedy for them. The study is expected to be of great importance to the parents and teachers since it is expected 1o provide a guideline on how some kind of indiscipline is related to the parenting style that is adopted by a particular parent.