The relationship between authoritarian parenting and conduct disorder mediated by self-esteem in adolescent boys living in correction and rehabilitation centers

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between authoritarian parenting and conduct disorder mediated by self-esteem in male adolescents living in correction and rehabilitation centers. The present study is a cross-sectional analysis of path analysis. The present study is a cross-sectional analysis of path analysis. The statistical population of the present study included all adolescent boys in correction and rehabilitation centers in Kerman, Yazd, and Hormozgan provinces and one of their parents in 2020 years, in this study, 180 samples participated by convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Demographic Information Questionnaire, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SDQ (Goodman, 1997), Baumrind Parenting Styles Questionnaire; BPSQ (Baumrind, 1971)) and Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory; CSEI (Coopersmith, 1967) was performed. Data analysis was done by the path analysis method. Bootstrap results showed that the direct effects of authoritarian parenting on self-esteem (β=0.226), authoritarian parenting on conduct disorder (β=0.424), and self-esteem on conduct disorder (β=-0.747) are significant (P<0.05). The results also showed that the indirect effect of authoritarian parenting mediated by self-esteem on conduct disorder (β= 0.161) is significant and has a partial mediating role (P<0.05). Other results showed that the proposed model has a good fit. Authoritarian parenting is a negative factor on adolescents' self-esteem that can play an effective role in adolescent conduct problems, so to prevent conduct problems in adolescents, attention should be paid to improving parenting skills.