Abstract
This paper investigated parenting and home environment as correlates of secondary school students’ social behaviour in Orlu Education Zone of Imo State. Correlational survey design was adopted for the study. The population comprised of all the 20,342 secondary school students in Orlu Education Zone of Imo State, while 392 students formed the sample based on Taro Yamane formula for determining sample size from finite population. The students were selected through accidental sampling technique. Two instruments were used to collect data for this study. They are: Parenting and Home Environment Scale (PHES) and Students’ Social Behaviour Scale (SSBS). The validity of the instruments was ensured through experts’ suggestions and guidance from Educational Psychology, Measurement & Evaluation Department, Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri, Imo State. The experts helped in critiquing and modifying the items to suit the objectives of the study. A single-administration reliability and Cronbach Alpha ensured the reliability of PHES (0.78) and SSBS (0.81). The data collected were analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. The result revealed that there is a strong, positive, and significant relationship between parenting, home environment, and students' social behaviour. Therefore, improvements in parenting practices and the home environment would likely lead to better social behaviour in students. Additionally, the home environment significantly predicted a high proportion of the variance observed in students' social behaviour. It was recommended among others, that parents should create a more supportive and conducive home environment by considering factors such as emotional warmth, communication, stability, and the availability of resources to promote positive behavioural development in their children

Keywords
Home Environment, Parenting, Social Behaviour