A survey of Relationship between Child Upbringing Styles and Religious Attitude and Mental Health in Girl Students

Background and According to the psychologists, the parents’ actions have a significant impact on shaping up children’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and the religious attitude and mental health in female students of second grade secondary school in Babol.

This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 336 female students in Babol, using simple random sampling method. For data collection, the General Health Questionnaire-28, Baumrind’s Parenting Style Inventory, and Seraj’s religious attitude survey were employed. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Pearson product-moment correlation through SPSS version 16.

According to the results of the study, there was a negative correlation between the dictatorial parenting styles and mental health (r=-0.122, P As the findings of the present study demonstrated, parenting styles were effective in religious attitude and mental health of the female students. It is concluded that parents should be provided with necessary trainings in order to improve their parenting styles.