TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE                                                                                                            PAGE

Title page                                                                                                           i            

Certification                                                                                                      ii

Dedication                                                                                                         iii

Acknowledgements                                                                                           iv

Table of contents                                                                                               v

List of Tables                                                                                                     x      

Abstract                                                                                                             xi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study                                                                                    1         Statement of the Problem                                                                                   4

Purpose of the Study                                                                                          5

Research Questions                                                                                            6                                                                 Research Hypotheses                                                                                          6

Significance of the Study                                                                                   7

 Scope of the Study                                                                                             8

Operational Definition of Terms                                                                        9
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Concept of Parental Childrearing Styles                                                            11

Concept of Adolescence                                                                                     15

Childrearing Styles on in-School Adolescents’ Deviant Behaviour                  16

Theoretical Framework                                                                                      22

Empirical Review                                                                                               26

Summary of Literature of Review                                                                      29

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Preamble                                                                                                             30

Research Design                                                                                                 30

Population, Sample and Sampling Techniques                                                  30

Instrumentation                                                                                                  31

Validity                                                                                                               31

Reliability                                                                                                           32

Method of Scoring                                                                                              32   

Administration of the Instrument                                                                       32

Method of Data Analysis                                                                                   33

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

Data analysis, Presentation and Results                                                             34

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Preamble                                                                                                             41

Discussions                                                                                                        41   

Conclusions                                                                                                        42

Implications                                                                                                        43   

Recommendation                                                                                               43   

References                                                                                                          44

Appendix                                                                                                            48

ABSTRACT

This research work is carried out in order to investigate childrearing styles on in-school adolescent deviant bevehaviour in Ilorin metropolis. This study sought to determine the parenting childrearing styles on in-school adolescent on the basis on democratic, authoritarians, authoritative and laise faire styles (Ilorin metropolis). A self-developed questionnaire tagged questionnaire on parenting childrearing styles on in-school adolescent deviant bevehaviour (PCRTSADB)) was used to collect data from the respondents for the study. Five research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance, data collected were analyzed through analysis of variance (ANOVA). From the finding, the study revealed that parental childrearing style can influence in-school adolescents to deviant behavior when children are not allowed to do wrong thing, the wishes of children are treated with maturity and when the children are allowed to express their feelings among others and there were no significant differences in the influence of parental childrearing on in-school adolescent deviant behaviour in Ilorin metropolis on the basis of gender, educational qualification, age, religion and family type. Therefore, the following recommendations were made that counsellors should develop strategies to handle influence of parental childrearing style on in-school adolescent deviant behaviour in Ilorin Metropolis and counsellor should encourage the formation of club that will promote safe and responsible of children against deviant behaviour (peer counselling)