Fourteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate parenting styles as a predictor of social anxiety and academic achievements. Convenient sampling technique was used to acquire a sample of 200 students. Sample was selected from Rawalpindi and Islamabad Universities. Social anxiety among University students was measured by using social anxiety questionnaire developed by Shelina Bhamani (2012), and parenting styles questionnaire developed by Burri (1991) was used. Academic achievement was accessed through students CGPA record. Hypotheses were formulated in accordance with the previous literature. SPSS version 21 was used to compute results. Correlation and regression statistical tests were run to analyze data. Results of study revealed that social anxiety significantly and negatively predicts academic achievement and authoritative parenting style significantly and positively predict academic achievement. Results of study revealed that authoritarian parenting significantly and negatively predicts academic achievement and authoritarian parenting significantly and positively predict social anxiety. The study also concludes that permissive parenting significantly and negatively predicts academic achievement. This research has significant implications for students as many interventional programs can be developed based on these findings.