IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Education and Evaluation (IJEE )

E-ISSN 2489-0073
P-ISSN 2695-1940
VOL. 8 NO. 2 2022

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Perceived Effects of Parenting Styles on the Development of Creativity among Primary School Children in Rivers State, Nigeria

Ogundipe, Nnennaya Queen & Chibuzor Chika

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Abstract

This study examined the perceived effects of parenting styles on the development of creativity among primary school children in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State. The study adopted the descriptive design. The population comprised parents and their children (male and female) in all private primary schools in the 3 defined local government areas that constituted Port Harcourt metropolis using simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for the study was a creativity questionnaires and parenting style inventory adapted from Kumar U. K. & C.R. Holman and Robinson, C. & C. H. Hart respectively. Cronbach Alpha was used to assess the reliability of the two instruments. They yielded a reliability of 0.85 for the creativity test and 0.88 for the parenting test. The pupils were asked to complete Creativity Questionnaire. The data collected were analysed with Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and linear regression. The findings indicated that, Parents’ creativity contributed about 33.4% to children’s creativity; it was also discovered that parenting styles do not just have a higher impact on children creativity, they were also a good predictors of creativity in children. Based on the findings it was therefore concluded that parental style has significant effects on their children creativity. Authoritative and permissive parenting styles proved to be more impactful on creativity development in children than Authoritarian style. On a general note parenting style is a good predictor of creativity in children. based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that: parents should take cognizance of their children wellbeing by paying pertinent attention to the up bring of their children, by applying the appropriate parenting style for raising their children and Government should create conducive environment for his citizens to necessitate a society that would enhance positive parents/ childre

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