Paper Topic: Parental Pressure Audience: Classmates

I. Introduction:

In this ever-evolving world, parental pressure is like a storm that never stops blowing and can
manifest itself in a variety of ways, including an emphasis on athletics, music, theatre, and
even socialisation. It has a significant impact on children's self-esteem and outlook on life.
Parents must recognise that their children live in a society where they may suffer racial,
sexual, or religious prejudice, body shaming, hormone struggles, family or financial
difficulties, violence, and other issues. Nearly half (47%) of the disagreements involving the
control of adolescents' daily activities were deemed personal matters by the adolescents. Not
surprisingly, the percentage of conflicts reported falling into the "personal" domain was
considerably greater among disputes related to personal choice (67 % ). (Hasebe et al.,
2004; Helwig et al., 2009; Nucci et al., 2014)

Thesis Statement:

This report highlights the effects of parental pressure on their offspring. This will help us to

deal with issues like mental health, physical health, self-esteem and crime.

II. Body

Main point: Mental health

Examples/ details/ Explanations:

• Insomnia

• Anxiety

• eating disorders

• Depression
Main point: Physical health

Examples/ details/ Explanations:

• obesity

• self-harm

• bad dietary routine

• drug addiction

Main point: Self esteem

Examples/ details/ Explanations:

• Peer pressure

• Dishonesty

• Unfair means

III. Conclusion

Reworded Thesis:

This research emphasises the repercussion of the pressure created by parents on their

children. In conclusion, too much parental pressure has several harmful side effects that not

only affect the induvial but also society.

Other Ideas to Conclude:

• Respect boundaries

• Remain calm
 • Be willing to compromise

• Meditate daily for mental peace

Clincher Ideas: Calmness is the cradle of power ( Josiah Gilbert Holland)

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Group Name: Group 2 – Core Four

Topic: Parent Pressure

Group Members: Urvashi, Driti Gill, Karanveer Singh Gill, Bhavil Trehan

Date: November 9, 2021

Instructor: Kathryn Garcia

University: Fraser Valley India

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Introduction:

In this ever-evolving world, parental pressure is like a storm that never stops blowing and can

manifest itself in a variety of ways, including an emphasis on athletics, music, theatre, and even

socialisation. It has a significant impact on children's self-esteem and outlook on life. Parents

must recognise that their children live in a society where they may suffer racial, sexual, or

religious prejudice, body shaming, hormone struggles, family or financial difficulties, violence,

and other issues. Nearly half (47%) of the disagreements involving the control of adolescents'

daily activities were deemed personal matters by the adolescents. Not surprisingly, the

percentage of conflicts reported falling into the "personal" domain was considerably greater

among disputes related to personal choice (67 %). (Hasebe et al., 2004; Helwig et al.,

2009; Nucci et al., 2014)

This report highlights the effects of parental pressure on their offspring. This will help us to deal

with issues like mental health, physical health, self-esteem, and crime.

Main Point: Mental health

Examples/ details/ Explanations:

• Insomnia

• Anxiety

• eating disorders

• Depression

Main Point: Physical health

Examples/ details/ Explanations:

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• obesity

• self-harm

• bad dietary routine

• drug addiction

Main Point Self esteem

Examples/ details/ Explanations:

• Peer pressure

• Dishonesty

• Unfair means

Conclusion:

Reworded Thesis:

This research emphasises the repercussion of the pressure created by parents on their children. In

conclusion, too much parental pressure has several harmful side effects that not only affect the

induvial but also society.

Other Ideas to Conclude:

• Respect boundaries

• Remain calm
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• Be willing to compromise

• Meditate daily for mental peace

Clincher Ideas: Calmness is the cradle of power (Josiah Gilbert Holland)

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References:

Chen-Gaddini, M., Liu, J., & Nucci, L. (2020). “It’s My Own Business!”: Parental control over personal

issues in the context of everyday adolescent–parent conflicts and internalizing disorders among

urban chinese adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 56(9), 1775–1786.

https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001053

Frances Hoferichter, & Diana Raufelder. (2019). Mothers and Fathers—Who Matters for STEM

Performance? Gender-Specific Associations Between STEM Performance,

Parental Pressure, and Support During Adolescence. Frontiers in Education, 4. https://

doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2019.00014

Guven, u., & sezer, B.B. (2020). The effect of parental pressure on teachers on students’ mathematics

achievement. ( English ) . Journal of kirshehir education faculty, 21(3), 1380-1399.

Mekie, M., Taklual, W., Melkie, A., & Addisu, D. (2019). Parental communication on sexual

and reproductive health issues and its associated factors among preparatory school

students in Debre Tabor, Northcentral Ethiopia: institution based cross-sectional

study. BMC Research Notes, 12(1).

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Annotated Bibliography

Name: Urvashi Student #300196043

Title of Article:

“It’s My Own Business!”: Parental control over personal issues in the context of everyday

adolescent–parent conflicts and internalizing disorders among urban chinese adolescents.

Research Topic:

Parental Issues

Reference of Article:

Chen-Gaddini, M., Liu, J., & Nucci, L. (2020). “It’s My Own Business!”: Parental control over

personal issues in the context of everyday adolescent–parent conflicts and internalizing

disorders among urban chinese adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 56(9), 1775–

1786. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001053

In-text Citation:

Chen-Gaddini et al., 2020

Annotation:
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According to research, adolescents and their parents differ conceptually in their views about the

origin of conflict as they transition into adolescence. Adolescent-parent interactions are

significantly altered because of these transitions. This peer-reviewed article by Min Chen-

Gaddini, Jianjin Liu & Larry Nucci describes the harmful effect of parental pressure.

Two-thirds of urban Chinese parent-adolescent confrontations, according to blog data, were

about regulating teenage everyday activities and topics that directly impacted adolescent

personal choice. Adolescents perceive most of the disputes as personal matters. Those who felt

parental control over their difficulties had much more everyday confrontations with their parents.

Furthermore, there was a link between reported genuine regular interaction and adolescent

internal disorders: The higher the adolescents' scores on the BSI subscale for depression, the

more intense conflicts, they were exposed to.

The limited method of questionnaires in previous studies makes it unclear how actual parent-

child interactions play out in adolescents' perception of parental control. This previous research

did not address whether the adolescents' responses on the questionnaires were the same as the

experiences they had daily. Internal illnesses such as anxiety, somatization, interpersonal,

sensitivity was the result of parental control over personal matters, as well as acts that overlapped

personal with conventional and prudential factors. Adolescents perceived most of these issues as

personal matters. Those who felt their troubles were within parental control had a lot more

conflicts with their parents daily. Furthermore, there was a correlation between reported genuine

daily confrontations and adolescent internal disorders.

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Most importantly, the observations from this survey of urban Chinese adolescents explain the

fundamental claim that authority over a zone of personal power is a common psychological

necessity, and that regulations on the establishment of a personal domain, as a result, are harmful

to adolescent mental wellbeing.

From my study, I conclude that parents should give a decent amount of liberty to their children.

They should not always try to control them as it aggravates internal illnesses. They should

provide their children with warmth and friendliness instead of dominance. This source can help

us do well with this assignment as it helps us to understand and analyse the parental pressure put

on the youth.
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Annotated Bibliography

Name: Karanveer Singh Gill Student #300196778

Title of Article:

Mothers and Fathers—Who Matters for STEM Performance? Gender-Specific Associations

Between STEM Performance, Parental Pressure, and Support During Adolescence

Reference of Article:

Frances Hoferichter, & Diana Raufelder. (2019). Mothers and Fathers—Who Matters for

STEM Performance? Gender-Specific Associations Between STEM Performance,

Parental Pressure, and Support During Adolescence. Frontiers in Education, 4. https://

doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2019.00014

In-Text Citation:

(Hoferichter, & Diana Raufelder 2019)

Annotation:

According to this article, authoritative parenting is related to bad academic outcomes like school

attendance, ambition, and accomplishment, while parental involvement is connected to good

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academic results like school engagement, encouragement, and accomplishment. However, just a

few research look in depth at boys' and girls' perceptions of mothers’ and fathers stress and

strain. It may be especially important when it comes to girls' and boys' performance in STEM

topics, since boys and girls may benefit differentially from family pressure/support in STEM

courses, and likewise. This research attempted to throw information on the subject by evaluating

possible within-student and over-time connections among children' perceptions of parental

pressure/support and results in math and science. This was used to develop multigroup cross-

lagged models with self-report information from 1,088 eighth graders at T1 (Mage = 13.70, SD =

0.53, 54 percent girls) in Brandenburg, Germany. The findings show that there have been gender

disparities in the interaction of pupils' scores in math and science, as well as their perceptions of

pressure from parents and support. While maternal support is positively related with girls' STEM

accomplishment and other parental factors over time, it is inversely connected with boys'

mathematics overall performance. Within-time connections demonstrate that males, unlike girls,

do not get any parental encouragement for their achievement in mathematics or biology. Finally,

the findings indicate that the link between teenage STEM success and parental pressure/support

is more one-way than bi-directional over time. The study indicates the ways in which parents

treat boys and girls differently and put pressure on children based on their gender and

discriminate between them. I find this research useful because it helped me to know about things

going on in society and how children’s suffer due to pressure on them by their own parents and

what can be done to make this situation better and decrease gender discrimination and pressure

on children’s. This study gave me opportunity to learn further about pressure on children on

different basis.
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Annotated Bibliography

Name: Bhavil Trehan Student: #300196161

Title of Article:

Mothers and Fathers—Who Matters for STEM Performance? Gender-Specific Associations

Between STEM Performance, Parental Pressure, and Support During Adolescence

Reference of Article:

Mekie, M., Taklual, W., Melkie, A., & Addisu, D. (2019). Parental communication on sexual and

reproductive health issues and its associated factors among preparatory school students

in Debre Tabor, Northcentral Ethiopia: institution based cross-sectional study. BMC

Research Notes, 12(1).

In-Text Citation:

(Taklual et al.,2019).

Annotation:

the purpose of this research was to evaluate parental communication on sexual and

reproductive health (SRH) concerns and the things that affect it as one of preliminary

school children in Debre Tabor, Northcentral Ethiopia. A self-administered survey was

used in an organization cross sectional research of 394 preliminary school pupils.

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A research was undertaken in Debre Tabor, Northcentral Ethiopia, to analyse parental

interaction on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) concerns and its related variables

between many preliminary school children. The research was done at the facility level,

thus it couldn't be applied to the entire younger generation. The study was conducted

using a cross-sectional design, which may have influenced the cause-and-effect

connection. For data collecting, a structured and validated tool was employed, which

may be seen as an advantage. It yielded surprising results and was undoubtedly eye-

opening for the group health of adolescents is the most neglected aspect of health

concern, and with a scarcity of youth-friendly facilities and a lack of integration, most

emerging economies' teenagers face challenges. Parents are their kid's major source of

information. Interaction regarding sexual orientation is essential because it reduces the

possibility of engaging in dangerous sexual behaviours.

The research, done using the hypothetico-deductive approach, discovered that while the

majority of individuals believed in the need of communication on SRH concerns, the

volume of conversation on SRH topics was discovered to be low owing to individuals'

family situation (size, beliefs etc). In conclusion, through this institution-based cross-

sectional research, health education will be provided to preliminary school pupils on the

necessity of discussing SRH concerns and the implications of hazardous sexual

behaviours, as well as promoting abilities to emotional and social awareness. I find this

research very helpful because it helped me in understanding parental communication in

a proper way. In my opinion this particular article is very beneficial to our assignment

as it helps us to acknowledge parental communication on sexual and reproductive

health.
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Annotated Bibliography

Name: Driti Gill Student: #300196713

Title of Article:

The effect of parental pressure on teachers on students' mathematics achievement

Reference of Article:

Guven, u., & sezer, B.B. (2020). The effect of parental pressure on teachers on students’

mathematics achievement. ( English ) . Journal of kirshehir education faculty, 21(3), 1380-1399.

In-Text Citation:

Guven, u., & B.B (2020)

Annotation:

In this article parental pressure on teachers and students is being pointed out. This peer reviewed

article by Guven (2020), probe the relationship between parents and teachers.

The researcher briefs us how parents are oppressive to teachers during their relationship, the

volume of parental pressure on teachers and academic success of the 4th-grade students. The

researcher used evaluation exam of TIMSS. The data about this certain article was fashioned

using linear regression analysis which are among the quantitative research methods by the IDB

analysis program and SPSS software. The analysis stipulated a total of 25.320 students and
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roughly 1013 teachers involved in the study. The outcome of the findings flaunts that parental

pressure on teachers labored students’ mathematics accomplishment remarkably. It was noted

that as the parental pressure on teachers increased, the mathematics achievement of these

teachers’ students increased. I find from my study that how not only students, but teachers’ also

sense oppression from parents and the same pressure is squeezed to students in the mass of

homework, increasing discipline, and using different teaching methods. Even so, there are very a

smaller number of students taking the evaluation which does not give stable research.