Consequences of Parent Imprisonment on the Academic Achievement of Children

The main purpose of this research is to examine the consequences of the imprisonment of parents on the acad-emic achievement of their children ac-hievement in the Iranian province of Kurdistan. Student academic achieve-ments are compared before and six mounts after the incarceration of their parents. The statistical sample compri-ses 108 imprisoned parents and 155 of their children selected using the sim-ple random sampling method. The instruments used to gather relevant da-ta consist of a researcher-made questi-onnaire and a checklist. Data were analyzed using the des-criptive statistical indices and infe-rential statistics such as T، F and mult-ivariable regression tests. Main fin-dings are: (1) student academic achi-evement was lower after parents were imprisoned compared with the time before their imprisonment; (2) acade-mic achievement of female students was found to be lower than that of the male students; (3) academic achieve-ment of high school students was less than that of primary and middle (junior high) school students.