Parental concern, self-efficacy and school environment as predictors of academic achievement of adolescents with hearing impairment in Lagos State

Abstract

This study investigated parental concern, self-efficacy and school environment on academic achievement of adolescents with hearing impairment in Lagos State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The sample consisted of ninety nine (99) students drawn from Junior and Senior Secondary Schools students in Lagos State. A self-constructed questionnaire tagged “parental concern, self-efficacy and school environment on academic achievement of adolescents with hearing impairment questionnaire (PCOSSAWHIQ)” and Achievement test on English Language extracted from West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) were used for data collection.. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The study revealed that there is significant relationship between parental concern and academic achievement of adolescents with hearing impairment, there is significant relationship between self-efficacy and academic achievement of adolescents with hearing impairment, there is significant relationship between school environment and academic achievement of adolescents with hearing impairment and there is significant joint contribution of parental concern, school environment self-efficacy and gender on academic achievement. Counselling programmes should be organized for adolescents in order to make the adolescents develop high self-efficacy and excel academically. School counsellors should work with other special educators to meet the developmental needs of all adolescent students with the inclusion of special needs.

Keywords: Parental concern, Self-efficacy, School environment, Academic achievement, Adolescence with Hearing Impairment