Investing the relationship between parenting styles with children identity

چکیده مقاله

Parenting styles are important and effective psychopathological, personality and changing factors in children. The present study aims to investigate relationship between parents’ parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) and identity styles (information, normative, and confused-avoidance) in group of high school students. Research participants including 360 students (160 boys and 200 girls) with their parents were selected in random cluster sampling method. They filled out questionnaire of parenting styles and identity styles questionnaire. Data analysis was done with descriptive, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis methods. Findings of research showed that there is significant relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) and information identity of students, as between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) and style of confused-avoidance of students. Based on results of study, it can be concluded that interaction of parents with adolescent determines identity development of adolescents and authoritative parenting style shape desired identity; permissive and authoritarian style would be form undesirable identity.