Hoping for Higher Ed: Effects of Parental Expectations on the Academic Stress of Selected Senior High School Students of Ettmnhs-Ishs S.Y 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In this study, the researchers determined the effects of parental expectations to the Senior High School students' academic stress.

METHODS

The researchers randomly picked 30 subjects from Academic Strand Grade 12 Senior High School students. A survey was conducted with the use of Academic Scale to determine the effects of parental expectations on the academic stress of the students.

RESULTS

Most of the respondents from Grade 12 Senior High School agreed that parental expectation affects the students. Expecting to finish the education, frustrations from low academic achievements, importance of grades for their parents, maintaining the grades that they have are the expectations that were common.

DISCUSSIONS

The result implies that parental expectation is one of the major factors that triggers the students to experience academic stress. This expectation may affect the parent-child relationship where in some parents dictate or manipulate their child to strive harder to gain more achievements thus the role of parents towards their children's academics should be strengthened in order to foster positive development among the learners.