Parental Family and University Students’ Ideas about Academic Success

The parent family, through comprehensive support, plays a significant role in providing conditions for the academic success of students, and in cases of unfavorable family relationships it creates risks for educational activities. The purpose of the investigation is to study the influence of parents on university students’ ideas about their academic success, since the educational process can be assessed by students in terms of a subjective understanding of its effectiveness depending on the values of the family environment. The research methods were a a semi-structured interview and conversation with students as part of psychological counseling on life-meaning problems. The sample consisted of 47 full-time students of various areas of training (bachelor degree and specialty) aged 19 to 23 years, of which 21 were male and 26 were female. It has been established that students whose parents demonstrate such types of participation as “tyrants” and “restless” are more likely to turn to a psychologist with requests for problems with their studies (subjective and objective). Achievement of objective indicators of academic success can be presented by students ambiguously, uncritically, situationally, which indicates the difficulties of becoming a value-semantic, emotional-volitional and communicative sides of the personality. Despite the fact that most students are adults, the influence of the parent family on their academic success remains significant, which must be taken into account in the activities of the psychological service of the university, especially when identifying parents who are “tyrants”. An important part of working with students is goal-setting training in the interests of the educational process and further career, exercises for the development of reflection “What did I do best last semester?”. Psychology teachers are recommended to include in the programs of disciplines a training topic on opportunities and risks in the personal and educational-professional spheres, methods of forming favorable relationships in the parent family and readiness to create their own.

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