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Parenting styles and academic achievement of young adolescents: A systematic literature review

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Literature accords the importance of parenting style and their impact on young adolescent’s behavior. There are many factors that affect the academic performance of children and parenting styles is one of the significant factors of academic performance. But there is lack of research that integrates and systemizes the relationship between parenting styles and academic performance especially in Pakistan. The unit of analysis of this research was studies that were previously conducted on parenting styles and academic performance of young children. Main focus of search was to availability of data that is most recent and relevant, so this research paper focuses on 39 studies. Articles from seven databases (Google Scholar, Science Direct, Taylor and Francis Journals, Web of Science, JSTOR, Springer link and SAGE Journals) were identified related to the topic using a pre-established set of terms that included both parenting styles and academic performance. All the studies highlighted that parenting styles affect the academic achievement of adolescents. It was analyzed that authoritative parenting style is the most effective parenting style in enhancing the academic performance of young children. More research is needed on parenting styles in different continents to have an understanding of the cultural effect of parenting styles on the academic performance of adolescents. Implications for parents and policy makers are discussed.

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  1. Department of Managemment Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Kamra Road, 43600, Attock, Pakistan

    Hamid Masud & Muhammad Shakil Ahmad

  2. School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, 11800, Penang, Malaysia

    Ramayah Thurasamy

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Masud, H., Thurasamy, R. & Ahmad, M.S. Parenting styles and academic achievement of young adolescents: A systematic literature review. Qual Quant 49, 2411–2433 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-014-0120-x

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