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.