The Mediation Role of Intrinsic Motivation in Relationship Between Perceptions of Parenting Styles with Academic Resilience

the aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of intrinsic motivation in the relationship between perceptions of parenting styles and academic resilience among high school girls. Three hundred and twelve second grade high school students were selected from 18th educational district of Tehran, Iran using randommultistage cluster sampling method. The participants completed the Perceptions of Parents Scale (Grolnick, Deci & Ryan, 1997), the Academic Resilience scale (Martin, 2003), and the Intrinsic Motivation scale (Vallerand & et al, 1992). The results indicated that perceptions of parenting styles relatedsignificantly and positivelytoacademic resilience. The results ofpath analysis indicated that perceptions of parenting styles indirectly and positively related to academic resilience through intrinsic motivation. The perceptions of parenting styles explained 15% of the variance in intrinsic motivation. The parenting styles and intrinsic motivation accounted for 35% of the variance in academic resilience. The findings supported the mediating role of intrinsic motivationin the relationship between perceptions of parenting styles and academic resilience.