Relationship between Hardiness and Parenting Styles among High School Girls of Tehran
Subject Areas : psychology
1 - Islamshahr Islamic Azad University, Iran
Keywords: Hardiness, Parenting,
Abstract :
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hardiness and parenting styles among high school girls in Tehran. A sample consisting of 300 students was selected from Tehran’s high schools through multi-stage (stratified) sampling. Kobasa’s Personal Views Survey, Aspects of Behavior of Parent Questionnaire and a researcher made questionnaire were used for data collection. Data analysis showed a positive and significant relationship between authoritative parenting style and hardiness. However, authoritarian, permissive, and rejective parenting styles showed to have a negative and significant relationship with hardiness. In addition, between commitment and academic achievement there was a positive relationship, however no relationship was found between challenge and control, with academic achievement. Findings also show that students from upper middle class families have a higher tendency to exhibit hardiness.