Effects of Emotional Knowledge, Self -Efficacy and Parental Involvement on Goal Setting Behaviour among Adolescents in Ibadan Area of Oyo state

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate effects of emotional knowledge, self efficacy and parental involvement on goal setting behaviour among adolescents in Ibadan Area of Oyo state. The study adopted a descriptive research design to select three hundred secondary school students. Three instruments used were used for the study, emotional knowledge, self efficacy scale, parental involvement scale and Goal setting behaviour scales. Three research Questions were raised and answered in the study at 0.05 level of significant.  The results showed that there was significant relationship among the three independent variables (emotional knowledge, self efficacy and parental involvement) on adolescents’ goal setting behaviour and that the three independent variables (emotional knowledge, self efficacy and parental involvement) both jointly and relatively contributed significantly to the prediction adolescents’ goal setting behaviour. On the basis of these findings, it was stressed and advocated that there is need to enlighten the adolescents on how to improve on their emotional knowledge, self efficacy and parental involvement,, because their level of efficacy has a long way to influence their goal setting behaviour and general wellbeing, and that the parents need to be trained on the need to be actively involved in the adolescents’ development and give adequate emotional caring and guidance in terms of goal setting in the society.

Key words: Emotional knowledge, self efficacy, parental involvement and behaviours’ goal setting