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- <div> <p><strong><u><span lang="EN-GB">Abstract</span></u></strong></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">This study sought to investigate Parenting styles and its effect on Students’ Misconduct in secondary schools in Buea Municipality. The following research objectives guided the study: To investigate the effect of authoritarian parenting style on Students’ Misconduct in secondary schools, to examine the effect of permissive parenting style on Students’ Misconduct in secondary Schools in Buea Municipality and to investigate the effect of uninvolved parenting style on Students’ Misconduct in secondary schools in Buea Municipality. The researcher then transformed the research objectives into research questions and Hypotheses. The study made use of the quantitative method precisely, the cross-sectional research design. The population of the study was made up of 17,535 students with 476 students being the sample which was done using the simple random sampling technique. Data was collected using closed ended questionnaire. The inferential statistical tool used was the chi-square. Data collected from the field using questionnaire (quantitative data) were analysed using SPSS version 27 and presented using descriptive statistics on tables, scattered plot, frequency and percentages.<span> </span>The overall coefficient value of the questionnaire on reliability was 0.886. It was concluded that, Parenting Style has an effect on Students’ Misconduct in secondary schools in the Buea Municipality. The findings revealed that 63.6% of students accept that authoritarian parenting style is used by their parent which affect students’ misconduct while 36.4% disagreed (R-value 0.720**, p- value 0.000< 0.05) For permissive parenting style 48.8% of students agreed that permissive parenting affects students’ Misconduct while 51.2% disagreed (R-value 0.747**, p-value 0.000< 0.05). 53.7% of students accept that uninvolved parenting style affect students’ misconduct while 46.3% disagreed (R-value 0.751**, p-value 0.000< 0.05). The study recommended that, parents should create clear expectations for their children, give them opportunities to explore while being guided and create unconditional love towards their children so that they develop high self-esteem, empathy and emotional balance. </span></p> </div> <p><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Keywords: Parenting, Parenting Styles, Authoritarian Parenting, Permissive Parenting, Uninvolved Parenting, Misconduct and Students’ Misconduct</span></strong></p>