Role of Parental Monitoring and Self- Efficacy in Affiliation with Delinquents Peers and High Risk Behaviors of High School Students

In defining the acts contrary to law, the pure legal perspective is not enough but also it should be surveyed by other perspectives such as family and psychological issues. The object of current study was to investigate the role of parental monitoring and Self-efficacy in affiliation with delinquent peers and high risk behaviors among high school students. The research method is correlation. 198 one high school students were selected through a random cluster sampling method in 2013-2014 academic years, and responded to the parental monitoring, Self-efficacy, affiliation with delinquent peers’ questionnaires, and adolescent risk- taking scale. For data analysis the Pearson coefficient and stepwise regression are used. Research results showed that there were significant negative relationships between parental monitoring and self-efficacy with affiliation with delinquent peers and high risk behaviors (P> 0.01). The results of regression analysis showed that parental monitoring and self- efficacy could significantly predict 21 percent variance of affiliation with delinquent peers and 34 percent of high risk behaviors. The results of current study signifies the importance of familial and psychological variables in decreasing affiliation with delinquent peers and high risk behaviors.