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Impact of Parental Encouragement on Optimistic and Pessimistic Tendencies among Senior Secondary Students

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Aarti Vats1,* ORCID logo |  Vandana Goswami1

1Department of Education, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding Author: aartivats20@gmail.com

Received: 23 January 2025 | Revised: 02 February 2025

Accepted: 04 February 2025 | Published Online: 06 February 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15106605

© 2025 The Authors, under a Creative Commons license, Published by Scholarly Publication

Abstract

This study examines the effects of encouragement from parents on the optimistic and pessimistic inclinations of students in senior secondary schools. Using a survey with 384 participants, the association between parental encouragement and emotional inclinations was measured using correlation and regression analyses. There were also findings to suggest a significant positive correlation between encouragement from parents and optimism (r = 0.579, p < 0.01) and negative with pessimism (r = 0.646, p < 0.01). Regression analysis suggests that the effect of encouragement from parents explained about 41.8% variance in pessimism (R² = 0.418, p < 0.001) with a very significant association. Reliability tests further validate the strength of constructs while the values of Cronbach’s Alpha range between 0.738 and 0.847. Descriptive statistics indicate that optimism scores have a positive magnitude M = 3.5370, more than that of the pessimism scores, M = 2.4813, which indicates an overall prevalence of positivity. Future studies can also focus on intervention schemes that engage parenting and other variables like peer influence and socio-economic status. This study highlights the value of programs aimed at guidance from parents in adolescents’ psychological development, such as mainstreaming the role of parents in learning and development environments.

Keywords

Parental encouragement, Optimism, Pessimism, Emotional well-being, Senior secondary students

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A. Vats and V. Goswami, “Impact of Parental Encouragement on Optimistic and Pessimistic Tendencies among Senior Secondary Students,” Yatharth 1(1) (2025) 251004. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15106605

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