RELATIONSHIP OF PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

In recent years, research has been conducted on the relationship between parental expectations and academic performance, but there have been few on parents’ expectations having a relationship with emotional stability among secondary school students. The present research aims to investigate this relationship. The present research hypothesized that there is a significant relationship between parental expectations and emotional stability among secondary school students. A sample of N=268(n = 31 Males, n = 237 Females) was recruited from various schools in Karachi through convenience sampling. The Parental Expectations Scale, a subtest of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost, 1990) and the Emotional Stability Scale by Khurshid & Khurshid (2018) were used. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 22. Results showed that a weak correlation exists between parental expectations and emotional stability (r=0.113) among secondary school students. The implications of this research are important for educational psychologists, counsellors, teachers and parents to help identify and manage reasons behind poor academic performance and emotional instability of students.