The role of social self-efficacy and parenting styles in children's social competence

The purpose of this study was to assess the social competence of children based on social self-efficacy variables and parenting practices. The research method is descriptive, correlation f, n. The statistical population consisted of 4th grade and 5th grade elementary school students in the 6th district of Tehran, 810 people and a sample of 240 people. For data collection, a questionnaire for parental parenting styles from Baumrind, Smith's social self-efficacy scale And Betz and Social Competency Scale by Cohen and Rausmans and for analyzing Peugeh's data, multivariate regression analysis and SPSS-22 software. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between social competence and self-efficacy and coping style with children's social competence. The authoritative style has a negative and significant relationship with social competence of children. But the permissive style did not have a significant relationship with the social competence of children.