Prediction of Alcohol oriented Perceived Educational Styles

The purpose of present research was to investigate the prediction of alcohol oriented perceived educational styles. In a descriptive correlative study, 182 students studying in the University of Tehran were selected in the academic year of 2009 – 2010 using multistage cluster sampling to complete the questionnaires of perception of parental scale(POPS), (Grolink, 1997) and Risk Behaviors Questionnaire of the National Youth Organization of USA (2007). The data were analyzed using stepwise regression and Pierson correlation method. The results show that there is a meaningful negative relation between the warmth of father and alcohol consumption. The best variables forecasting alcohol consumption is the warmth of father and involvement with mother, and %86 percent of the variance regarding alcohol consumption is explained by the warmth of father and involvement with mother.