Abstract

This study examined the parenting styles as correlates of adolescents behavioural pattern in selected secondary schools in Ojo local Government Area of Lagos State. Two hundred participants were randomly selected from four education senior secondary schools from Ojo local government area. The study adopted survey descriptive research design. Data were collected with two instruments namely Parenting Styles Inventory (PSI) and Adolescent Psychopathology Scale (APS) Scale. Two-way analysis of variance (2-Way ANOVA) and linear regression analysis were used to analyse data collected for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that parenting styles has a strong and significant interaction in determining adolescent’s behaviours. The study recommended that parents should make efforts and deliberately adjust and adopt healthy, friendly, balance and highly stimulating parenting