Title:   RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL INCOME STATUS AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY, SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AGBANI EDUCATION ZONE

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between parental income status and anti-social behaviour of senior secondary school students in Agbani Education zone of Enugu State. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. One research question and one hypothesis guided the study. This study was conducted in Agbani Education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all the three thousand, two hundred and seventy-seven (3,277) secondary school II students (SS2) in the 43 public secondary schools in Agbani Education Zone. The sample for this study was 327 senior secondary school students representing 10% of senior secondary II students of Agbani Education Zone of Enugu State. Stratified proportionate and simple random sampling techniques were used to draw the sample. Two instruments were used for data collection in this study namely parental income status inventory (PISI) and students’ antisocial behaviour scale (SABS). The instruments were validated by three research experts. One expert in Measurement and Evaluation, and two in Educational Psychology from Enugu State University of Science and Technology. The overall reliability coefficient values obtained for the instruments was 0.81 and 0.84 for PISI and SABS. The instruments for data collection were administered to the respondents by the researchers with the help of two assistants. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research question while hypothesis was tested with Regression Analysis at 0.05 significant level. Major finding of the study indicated that parental income status relates with secondary school students’ anti-social behaviours irrespective of students’ gender. It was therefore recommended among others, that parents should strive hard to improve in the family income for adequate provision of instructional materials for students, and to teach students to abhor anti-social behaviours.
Keywords: Anti-Social, Income Status, Behaviour, Parental

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Publication Date: 2026-08-19