Influence of gender, parenting style and peer pressure on adolescent conflict with parents in ebonyi state

This study was designed to investigate the influence of gender, parenting style and peer pressure on the adolescents conflicts with parents in Ebonyi State. It is a descriptive survey guided by four research questions and four hypotheses all derived from the purpose of the study. The population of the study consists of all the Senior Secondary School SS2 adolescent students from all the 221 Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. Using stratified sampling technique, nine (9) schools weredrawn from the entire population, three from each of the Education Zone. From this a sample of 200 students were purposively selected for the study; out of which 109 (54.5%) adolescent males and 91 (45.5%) adolescent female. Researcher developed instrument titled adolescent conflicts with parents Questionnaire was used for data collection after its validation. Reliability coefficient of 0.62 was determined using Pearson product correlation formulae. Data was analyzed using mean and t-test for testing hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings include among others; there is a significant difference between male and female adolescents influence on prevalence of adolescents conflict with parents. There is significant difference between authoritative and permissive parents influence on prevalence of adolescents conflicts with parents. Based on the findings, the researcher’s recommended among other thing that; students should be provided with proper counselling especially on peer and group relationship to avoid conflict with parents.