Parental Support, Academic Performance, and Career Decisiveness of 10th Grade Students in a Private Catholic Higher Education Institution in the Philippines

Abstract

Deciding on a career is undeniably one of the most crucial choices an individual must make as it envelops an individual's entire lifespan. For this reason, it is important that students are given the assistance they need in exploring careers and in addressing any uncertainties related to them. With this, the study investigated the 10th grade students’ levels of perceived parental support, academic performance, and career decisiveness, as well as the relationship of these variables. This academic work utilized the descriptive-correlational research design which involved 109 – randomly sampled Grade 10 students of a private Catholic higher education institution. Findings revealed that 30.28% of the respondents reported to have ‘high’ level of perceived parental support, 55.96% of the students reported having a ‘good academic performance’ and 64.22% of the grade 10 had a rating of ‘low’ in their career decisiveness. In addition to this, data analysis confirmed a significant relationship between parental support and academic performance. Similarly, significant correlation has been found between parental support and career decisiveness, and academic performance and career decisiveness. With these, a proposed action plan to enhance the students’ career decisiveness was designed. Considering these research outcomes, the researcher recommended the following: arranging seminars for the parents; maintaining learning delivery and techniques; preparing of mentally stimulating yet fun activities; continuing of homeroom career guidance sessions; increasing of the number of career seminars along with the strengthening of the career guidance program; implementing, monitoring and evaluation of the proposed action plan.