Influence of parental communication skills on in-school adolescents' deviant behaviour in Ilorin Metropolis

The role of parental communication skills on adolescent’s deviant behaviour cannot be over-emphasized. Hence, the study investigated the influence of parental communication skills on adolescents’ deviant behaviour Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of 47 public and 92 private secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara state while the target population for this study was senior secondary school students in year two in Ilorin Metropolis. Simple random sampling was used to select 30 secondary schools for the study. A questionnaire was used to collect relevant data. The questionnaire was validated while the reliability coefficient of the instrument was established at 0.83. The study found that parental communication skills negatively impact in-school adolescents' deviant behaviour in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, despite engaging in communicative activities and discussing disciplinary cases. It was concluded that the weighted mean (2.35) which is the numeric indicator that the influence of parental communication skills on in-school adolescents’ deviant behaviour in Ilorin metropolis was negative. It was also recommended that non-governmental and government agencies should try to create more and make the existing guidance and counselling therapy function for some deviant behaviours exhibited by adolescents.