International Journal of Home Science 2021; 7(1): 144-146

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Relationship between parental separation and
Received: 07-11-2020 academic performance of the adolescents
Accepted: 09-12-2020

Singh Rubi
M.Sc. Student, Department of
Singh Rubi and Mishra Sunita
Human Development and
Family Studies School for Home Abstract
Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao This period of development corresponds roughly to the period the ages of 13 to 19 years. Academic
Ambedkar University, Lucknow, performance and achievement owe much to the parental contributions. College achievement is related
Uttar Pradesh, India with nature parent-adolescent relationship, parental attitude towards education, their expectation about
achievement, interest and involvement in their adolescent's college performance. The present study
Mishra Sunita
Professor Dean Head,
conducted Lucknow city U.P. Random sample technique. Approximately a sample of 100 Adolescents
Department of Human was selected. Researcher used standardized scale (Psychological well-being scale) and self-structured
Development and Family questionnaire. These results indicate that there is negative correlation between educational status and
Studies School for Home Science, psychological wellbeing. It means that when educational status increases psychological wellbeing
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar decrease. As the r value is negative and p>0.05 thus the null hypothesis is accepted.
University, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh, India Keywords: adolescents, academic performance, psychological well-being

Introduction
This period of development corresponds roughly to the period the ages of 13 and 19 years. A
traditional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the
period from puberty to legal adulthood (Hurlock, 1990) says that adolescence is a period or a
period of growth of a person in transition from children grown backwards, covering all the
developments experienced in preparation for adulthood. Factors that contribute in adolescents'
academic performance and achievement owe much to the parental contributions. College
achievement is related with nature parent-adolescent relationship, parental attitude towards
education, their expectation about achievement, interest and involvement in their adolescent's
college performance. Thus, parent's attitude and expectation are both a cause and an effect of
their children's academic achievement (Downey, 1994). Parental death usually worsens the
family’s economic status, creates pressures to take on responsibilities of the dead parent, and
may isolate the child from friends. Parental absence is often accompanied by symptoms of
poor psychosocial wellbeing, with changes in behavior and school performance sometimes
occurring. However, the results of studies on how children fare after a parental death are not
uniform, which has motivated efforts to identify factors that mediate the impact of parental
loss A key challenge in this literature is that parental loss is potentially correlated with other
unobserved factors that affect child wellbeing. Studies have contrasted impacts of parental
absence brought on by a death with absence because of divorce, arguing that the death of a
parent is plausibly exogenous with respect to other factors that affect child welfare, whereas
absence because of divorce is not. The psychosocial domain of this development includes
changes in personality, motivation, affects, self-concept and social behavior. Parental loss may
bring emotional sufferings like separation anxiety disorder and depression. School personnel
also need to provide support to the mother or father who is parenting solo. Having a teacher,
counsellor or psychologist to consult and collaborate with, can be an immeasurable help in
Corresponding Author: raising well- adjusted and successful children.
Singh Rubi
Conduct a study on “Study of Academic Achievement in Relation to Family Environment
M.Sc. Student, Department of
Human Development and among Adolescents” In this study examined adolescent is the real capital of any society and
Family Studies School for Home we should protect and preserve it for the betterment of the society and nation. The present
Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao study is an attempt towards examine the pattern of relationship between the academic
Ambedkar University, Lucknow, achievement and family environment.
Uttar Pradesh, India
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The research was carried out of 200 adolescents in the age • To study Parental loss wellbeing among the respondents
group of 15 to 18 years. The researchers used academic to combat future stress.
achievement scores which were the aggregate percentage of
marks from the previous two classes, serve as indicators of Methodology
academic achievement. Kumar. R& Lal. R (2014) “Single- • Lucknow city was selected for conducting the study.
Parenting, Psychological Well-Being and Academic • The sample consists of 100 adolescents of age group 13
Performance of Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria” In this study to 19 years who are selected randomly from Orphanage
examined investigated the influence of single-parenting on the home of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh.
psychological well-being and academic performance of • The study was categorized in to Descriptive and
adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria. The purpose of this study was Diagnostic research design.
to evaluate the growing phenomenon of single parenting and • There are two areas from the zone were selected
its impact on the psychological and academic well-being of comprising orphanage home and home.
adolescents. Obieke.A & Uchenna (2013). • Researcher used standardized scale (Psychological well-
being scale) and self-structured questionnaire.
Objective
• To determine the relationship between parental Result and Discussion
separation and academic performance of the adolescents.

Table 1: Correlation between independent variables and wellbeing according to educational status.
Variable Mean S. D r-value Sign Corelation
Educational status of the respondent. 1.83 .766
-.014 .888 NS
Grand total 148.53 11.09
r= -.036, N=100 p>0.05

These results indicate that there is negative correlation wellbeing decrease. As the r value is negative and p>0.05 thus
between educational status and psychological wellbeing. It the null hypothesis is accepted.
means that when educational status increases psychological

Fig 1: Correlation between independent variables and wellbeing according to educational status

Table 1: Correlation between independent variables and wellbeing according to age

Variable Mean S. D r-value Sign. Conclusion
Age of the Respondent 1.56 .499
-.036 .723 NS
Grand total 148.53 11.09
r= -.036, N=100 p>0.05

These results indicate that there is negative correlation age increase psychological wellbeing decrease. As the r value
between age and psychological wellbeing. It means that when is negative and p>0.05 thus our null hypothesis is accepted.

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Fig 2: Correlation between independent variables and wellbeing according to age

Conclusion
Academic achievement is the major concern of educational
policy makers of every country. It has been accepted that
environment both inside and outside the school in which the
child grows has a great influence on the academic
achievement of the students. Among them, socio economic
status, social phobia, anxiety, learning disabilities, parent
style, learning style, classroom climate etc. are some such
variables. So care should be taken to increase the rate of
achievement and find out the hindrances that decrease the
achievement rate. Separation and divorce have both positive
and negative effects. Parental divorce appears to lower the
well-being of adolescents.

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