Relationship of parenting and self-concept to academic achievement

A study on relation of parenting and self-concept to academic achievement of pre-university course (PUC) students in science, commerce and arts colleges was done by using stratified random sampling technique. Total sample constituted of 360 students out of which 50 per cent were boys and 50 per cent were girls. Among all the parent-child relationships (PCR) dimensions mothers loving nature was the most significant contributing factor for academic achievement and alone contributed to the extent of 43 per cent. Majority of the students had above average and high self-concept. Students overall educational, intellectual and temperamental self-concept positively and significantly influenced academic achievement.