Impact of Family Educational Styles on Students' Academic Achievement Motivation

Abstract

The aim of this research was to determine the influence of family educational styles on the academic achievement motivation of students in an educational centre, using a quantitative descriptive-correlational, cross-sectional, non-experimental method. To elucidate, academic achievement motivation refers to what a student is willing to do to achieve excellent academic results and reach his or her proposed goals in school. Likewise, 318 students were selected as a sample and the standardised testing technique was applied by means of two data collection instruments, such as a motivation inventory and the Likert-type PSS scale. The results showed that 28.4% of the parents had a disinterested educational style with regard to their children's academic achievement motivation and 43% of the parents had a more open educational style with a favorable effect on their children’s academic achievement motivation; thus 43.4% revealed a low level of this relationship. In summary, there is a certain degree of both positive and negative family educational styles that affect students' academic achievement motivation.