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ABSTRACT
The study investigates parenting Styles and peer pressure as Predictors of delinquent Behaviour of Secondary School Students in Benin Metropolis. Six (6) research questions were raised to guide the study and all were formulated into hypothesis and tested at 0.05 level of significance.
The descriptive research design which adopted a correlate approach was adopted for the study. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted to select 247 senior secondary school two (II) students for the study. The questionnaire titled Parenting Styles, Peer Pressure and Delinquency Questionnaire (PSPPDQ) was used to obtain information from the respondents. The instrument was validated by the researchers’ supervisor and two other test experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha statistics and the value obtained for the instrument was 0.66 for parenting styles and 0.68 for peer pressure and for delinquent behaviour respectively. The data obtained for the study were analyzed using inferential statistics. Hypotheses one, three and four were analyzed using multiple linear regression while hypotheses two, five and six were analyzed using simple linear regression. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.
The findings revealed that Parenting Styles and peer pressure significantly predicted Delinquent Behaviour among secondary school students in Egor local government area of Edo State. It was recommended that there should be adequate dialogue, communication, explanations and establishment of good and cordial relationships between parents and children. It was further recommended that school counsellor should enlighten the students on how peer pressure could be used to channel the students’ behaviour towards positive activities
