Parental Value Orientation As A Correlate Of Career Choice Among Secondary School Students In Abia State:- Salome Chidinma, C
Abstract
The
study was carried out to parental value orientation as a correlate of career
choice among secondary school students in Abia Sate. The design of the study
was correlational survey. The sample size for the study comprised of 340
respondents randomly selected while a researchers· self-developed questionnaire
formed the instrument for data collection. Three experts validated the
instrument in Psychology. Counselling and Measurement and Evaluation all in
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike and a Cronbach Alpha
reliability coefficient method was employed to ensure the reliability of the
instrument, which yielded 0.81 coefficients. Three research questions were
(analyzed using Pearson Moment Product Correlation) and three null hypotheses
guided the study; while linear regression was used to test the hypotheses at
0.05 level of significant. Based on the data collected and analyzed, the study
showed that parental value orientation to a very high positive extent
correlates with career choice, there is strong and positive relationship
between parental financial support and socio-economic career choice of in
school adolescent, there is weak but positive relationship between career
preferences (interests) of parents and career choice of in-school adolescents.
It was therefore recommended among others that parent should desist from
enforcing career choice, not suitable to their children's abilities on selfish
sentimental or emotional ground.
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CHIKEZIE. "Parental Value Orientation As A Correlate Of Career Choice Among Secondary School Students In Abia State:- Salome Chidinma, C " Mouau.afribary.org (2025). Accessed 30 Sep. 2025. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/parental-value-orientation-as-a-correlate-of-career-choice-among-secondary-school-students-in-abia-state-salome-chidinma-c-7-2