THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES WITH ANGER AND ADJUSTMENT IN ADOLESCENT BOYS OF RASHT CITY

Abstract

Anger is known to be an affection which more or less exists in all human beings and accompanies to with them in all stages of their life, however with varying intensity. Adjustment is a dynamic process which includes balance between what people want and what
their society accepts. Therefore, the aim of study is to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and anger and adjustment in adolescent boys. Research Method: Research method was descriptive of correlative type. Subjects were 400 male students studying in the guidance (middle) schools of Rasht city, who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression were used to analyze the data. To collect the research data, three scales of adjustment, Baumrind parenting styles and anger were used, which had satisfactory reliability (retest & internal consistency) and high validity coefficients.
Findings: Based on the research findings, there was a positive relationship between anger and authoritarian style (p<0.5, r=.574). Also, there was a negative relationship between anger and democratic style (p<0.1, r = -.264). There was a negative relationship between
adjustment and authoritarian style (p<.01, r =.565). There was a negative relationship between adjustment and permissive style (p<.05, r = - .0119).Parenting styles predicted 36% of anger and 23% of adjustment.