Vol. 2 No. 1, April 2025

Parental Involvement and Self- concept as determinants of Career Choice among students with Special Needs in Lagos State, Nigeria

Oyedokun, Samuel Olusola, PhD / Pemede, Oluwatobi, PhD & Omotayo, Justina Tubokun, PhD

Abstract

This Study, therefore investigated parental involvement and self-concept as determinants of career choice among secondary school students with special needs in Ojo LGA, Lagos State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design of correlational type. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select 160 participants from senior secondary school (SS2) in Ojo. Three research instruments used were: Parental Involvement Scale (r = 0.89), Self-concept (r = 0.75) and Career Choice (r =0.72). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. There was significant relationship between parental involvement and career choice (r = .859;N=160; p<0.05) among secondary school students with special needs. There was significant relationship between self-concept and career choice (t = 3.87; N=160;p<0.05) among secondary school students with special needs. Therefore, parental involvement and self-concept were potent predictors of career choice among students with special needs.

Keywords

parental involvement, self-concept, students with special needs, career choice

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