The Relationship between Mother Acceptance-Rejection and Identity Styles in Girl University Students

The aim of this study was the investigation of the relationship between mother acceptance-rejection and identity stylesin female students of ShahidChamran University. The sample of the study included 171 female students who were selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling. Adult Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (Mother form) and Identity Style Inventory were used to collect the data. Canonical correlation analysis was used to analyze the data. Structural coefficients showed that the pattern of low scores in mother’s acceptance and high scores in mother’s rejection correlated with the pattern of low scores in normative and informational identity styles. Therefore، the findings of this research indicated that the combination of mother’s acceptance and rejection can promote informational and normative identity styles in female university students