Relationship between Parenting Styles and Hardiness in High School Students

摘要

Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and hardiness in high school students. Method in this correlational and cross-sectional study, 176 high school students (80 boys and 96 girls) were selected via Multistage cluster sampling method from Tehran. Personal Views Survey (PVS) developed by Kobasa and Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) were used for data collecting. Results The results showed that there is positive and significant relationship between parenting styles and hardiness. Parenting styles can predict hardiness characteristic variance in high school students. Conclusions These results suggest that parenting styles have significant role in hardiness; therefore it is essential to contrive a special training method for parents to increase mental health of students.