Psychological Well-being and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Mental Health among Students: Implication for Health Promotion

The lack of mental health interferes with one's individual achievement and ability for undertaking the responsibilities of everyday life. Researches show that psychological well-being and parenting styles have an important role in one's increasing general health. The current study examined the relationship between psychological well-being and parenting styles with student's mental health. This study was carried out on 278 students (124 boys and 154 girls) of Boukan's high schools. The participants were asked to complete psychological well-being inventory and mental health parenting style questionnaire. Data was analyzed using of Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that psychological well-being and authoritative parenting styles were significantly related with mental health; also, Permissive parenting styles has significant positive relationship with mental health. The regression analysis indicated that mental health is predictable by psychological well-being and parenting styles. The knowledge of parenting styles and psychological well-being and their relationships with general well-being can provide the significant implications on the provision of student's health. Parenting styles and psychological well-being, as significant variables in general well-being, needs more clinical research.