Effectiveness of a parenting program on children’s academic self-control and parents’ competence

Abstract

Self-control is a determining factor for academic success. Fortunately, it can be strengthened through positive parenting practices, especially during childhood. This study aims to investigate the effects of a parent training program designed to enhance the academic self-control skills of children aged 11 to 14. The research had an experimental design with pre-test and post-test for experimental (n = 11) and control groups (n = 11) attended randomly. The program was held online, individually, and once a week for eight weeks. A three-month follow-up data was collected from the experimental group. In this study, Academic Self-Control Scale and Parenting Sense of Competence Scale were used. In analysis, the difference scores of the experimental and control groups were compared using Mann-Whitney U Test; for the difference between the experimental group pre-test, post-test and three-month follow-up mean scores the Friedman Test were run. According to the findings, it was observed that the academic self-control total scores and academic perseverance sub-scores of the children and parenting competence scores of the mothers in the experimental group increased significantly after the intervention compared to the control group.

Keywords

• Academic self-control
• Parent training
• Family academic support
• Middle school students
• Academic success

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