Influence of Parental Monitoring on Adolescents’ Moral, Social and Emotional Development

The study aimed to determine the influence of parental monitoring on adolescents’ moral, social and emotional development. The subjects of the study were two hundred sixty four (264) Grade 5 to Grade 8 students of Batangas State University Integrated School with ages 10- 14 years old. The respondents were selected by first conducting a pre survey of parental monitoring questionnaire. It was screened out and those adolescents’ students who experience parental monitoring were stratified according to age. Then the samples at each age were selected through convenience sampling. The data were obtained through the use of a self-constructed questionnaire. Based on the findings, parental monitoring has beneficial influence on adolescents’ moral, social and emotional development. There was no significant difference on the extent of influence of parental monitoring in adolescents moral development when grouped according to their profile variables. Also, there were no significant differences on the extent of influence of parental monitoring in adolescents social development when grouped according to their profile variables except to grade level. There were also no significant differences on the extent of influence of parental monitoring in adolescents emotional development when grouped according to their profile variables except to family form. As an output of this study, the researchers designed a seminar about information on parental monitoring and how it influences adolescents’ moral, social and emotional development. This seminar program will be implemented upon the approval of the management.

Keywords: parental monitoring, adolescence, moral development, social development, emotional developmen