Investigating Family Dynamics and Academic Enthusiasm: A Comprehensive Study Among Senior High School Students

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the correlation of family dynamics and academic enthusiasm, which was conducted among Grade 11 Humanities and Social Sciences students of Handumanan National High School, Division of Bacolod City, Negros Island Region. The research, grounded in Family Systems Theory, examined the interplay between sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, monthly family income, parental occupation, educational attainment, living arrangements, and family structure, parental engagement at home and school, and allowance, in relation to students' academic enthusiasm in terms of attendance and general weighted average. Data were gathered from 165 participants utilizing standardized survey tools within a descriptive quantitative research framework. Findings revealed that while most socio-demographic factors (age, income, occupation, education, living arrangement) showed no significant impact on academic enthusiasm, sex was a notable determinant—female students outperformed males in the general weighted average. Family dynamics significantly influenced attendance but not academic grades. The study concluded that emotional support and parental engagement were critical to school participation. Based on the result, families need to be open and supportive of each other's feelings in order to get students to attend school. These findings led to the recommendation of an intervention plan titled Project S.A.F.E.(Support, Attendance, Family, Empowerment) as a help to male students to become more emotionally strong, give them more authority, and get families more involved. Results gathered from this study can assist teachers, school administrators, and curriculum planners in planning for an inclusive education, which will help students do better in school.