Parent-Adolescents Conflicts and Their Impact on Students' Academic Performance and Self-Esteem in Saudi Arabia 2024

Abstract

Background: Having a strong emotional tie among family members, including parents, children, and other relatives, fosters long-term commitment since family members are crucial to human life. In addition to their peer group, which ultimately reveals the social development of teenagers, adolescents also experience that their family makes decisions on how they will adjust to society in the future.Any disagreements between parents, whether favorable or unfavorable, are included in the complex and multidimensional concept of parent-adolescent conflict.

This study aims: to identify the parent-adolescents conflicts and its relation with their school achievement and self-esteem.

Methods: The study employed a descriptive correlational methodology. 1018 teenagers were enlisted in this research. It was held at ten government preparatory schools in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, five of which were in the city and five of which were in the countryside. This study used four tools: adolescent self-esteem measure, parent-adolescent concerns checklist, school achievement of adolescents, and demographic questionnaire for adolescents and their parents.

Results: showed that 93.6 percent of the teens in the study had a quarrel with their parents. Higher academic achievement was associated with more disagreement between teenagers and their parents (p=0.004). However, the teenagers' self-esteem and parent-adolescent conflict did not statistically significantly correlate. Conclusion:The majority of teenagers experienced confrontation with their parents more frequently, but it was not as intense. Adolescent school achievement was positively impacted by parent-adolescent conflict. Recommendation: In order to positively interact with their children, parents need be aware of the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes and requirements of teenagers. All students in schools should have their self-esteem evaluated on a regular basis in order to identify and address issues early.