Teenager's Psychopathology and Personality Traits of Parents: An Analysis on the Role of Personality of Parents on Mental Health of Children

The purpose of the present study was to find the relationship between female student's Psychopathology and their parents personality traits. To conduct the present study 380 female student with their age ranged from 12 to 14 were randomly selected from the students studying in some (guidance school) junior high schools in Tabriz. Later, the Baumrind parenting styles questionnaire and the parents, children pathological questionnaire (CSl-4) were distributed among the students. The stepwise multivariate regression method was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the neuroticism and psychoticism plays an important role in predicting female student's Psychopathology. The findings of the present study can be used practically for clinical psychology.