Structural Relationships Between Assertiveness and Parenting Styles With Mediating Self-esteem and Anxiety of Singleton Children

Objectives: This study aimed to develop an explanatory model of assertiveness based on parenting styles mediated by anxiety and self-esteem. Methods: is descriptive-correlational modeling with partial least squares. The statistical population included singleton children the sixth grade elementary school in 3rd District Tehran academic year 2017-18. sampling method was multi-stage sampling; eight schools (four all-boys four all-girls) were randomly selected from all primary Tehran, then, a sixth-grade class each school. students those classes participated present as sample. sample size 118 (81 girls 37 boys). instruments this research Persian forms adaptive aggressive scales (AAA-S), Baumrind scale, Beck inventory (BAI), Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES). To analyze data, SPSS software, version 26. Results: results indicated that authoritative permissive had significant effect among styles. total effects explained 0.22 0.20 variances assertiveness. also showed authoritarian style no Discussion: suggested acceptably fit, according study. Permissive impact