The relationship between parenting styles and compatibility in high school female students in Mashhad

Considering parenting styles and quality of relationships between parents and adolescents are important factors in their compatibility, the present study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and compatibility of students. According to the multi stage cluster sampling, 243 high school students were recruited for the study. The study tools were Baum rind's parenting styles questionnaire and adjustment inventory for school students. The ANOVA showed a significant difference between emotional, social and academic adjustment in students nurtured with authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting styles. Based on the results, students nurtured with authoritative parenting style were more compatible emotionally socially and academically, while the lowest compatibility was observed among students nurtured with authoritarian and permissive parenting styles, respectively. In families with authoritative parenting style, parents give opportunities to the teens that would strengthen them in decision-making and autonomy. The authoritative parenting style helps the psychological maturity of adolescent, leading to better adaptation.