The Correlation between Parenting Styles and Learning Disciplines of Cadets in Merchant Marine Polytechnic of West Sumatra During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The parenting styles could affect children’s behavior, one of them are the learning discipline of children. Based on the observations done by the writers in, there were several cadets who were not discipline in following teaching and learning process during the covid-19 pandemic which was assumed due to different parenting styles. Therefore, this study aims to find the correlation between parenting practice and the learning discipline of cadets in batch IV and V in Merchant Marine Polytechnic of West Sumatra during the Covid-19 pandemic. The result data shows there is a significant correlation between the parenting styles and the discipline level of cadets in batch IV and V in the even semester of 2020/2021. The analysis data results tcount = 2,48 and ttable.  at a significant level of 5% of 1.66.