The Effect of Parent Pressure and Peer Factors Affecting on the Performance of Nursing Students

Background: People cannot live alone in society. Basically people need social contacts that suit them. Sometimes they need parent’s help, love, care and guidance and some time they need friend’s intimacy, affection and love. The persons first contact is with parents and then with friends. Parent attachment is stronger during infancy and childhood whereas friend’s attachment is strong during adolescence. Attachment level varies with the ages and stages of life. This attachment influences their feelings, thinking, decisions and living styles. The persons first contact is with parents and then with friends.

Aims: To assess the parental pressure and peer factors affecting the academic performance of nursing students studying in selected nursing college of Vadodara.

Methods: A cross sectional research design was carried out for this study. The study was carried out on 300 students. Students were selected using stratified sampling technique. A five-point rating scale was used to assess the academic performance of students. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, standard deviation, chi-square test were applied to analyze the data.

Results: The effect of peer and parental pressure on the performance showed that more than half participants 61% (n=183) were having average intensity. And about 39% (n=117) of them were having high intensity.

Conclusion: the present study concluded that majority of the students are having average intensity in their academics and some students are having high intensity in their academics.