Predicting social Adjustment Based On Parenting Styles, Perfectionism And Creative Thinking among Students

The aim of this study was to predict social adjustment based on the variables of parenting style, perfectionism and creative thinking in ninth grade students in Rasht city. The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included all ninth grade girls in public and non-profit schools in Rasht in the academic year 2020-2021, from which 150 people were selected as the statistical sample by available sampling method. To collect data ,Bell Adaptation Questionnaire (1961), Bamrind (1967) parenting styles, Hill et al. (2004) Perfectionism Scale, and Welch and McDowell (2002) Creative Thinking Skills Assessment were used. Data analysis was done using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis in a step-by-step manner.Findings also showed that there is a significant relationship between social adjustment with parenting styles (authoritarian and authoritarian), perfectionism and creative thinking (p ˂ 0.01). The results of regression analysis revealed that among the components of parenting styles, authoritarian style in a negative way with a beta coefficient of -2.74 and authoritative style in a positive way with a beta coefficient of 4.29 equal to the predictability of social adjustment variables. Also, perfectionism and creative thinking each have beta coefficients of 0.37 and -0.24, respectively, for social adjustment, which shows that the predictor variables of perfectionism are positive and creative thinking is negative. Provide criteria for explaining the variable (p ˂ 0.01). Considering above mentioned finding, it seems that  in order to increase social adjustment, the variables of parenting styles, perfectionism and creative thinking  are essential. The type of parenting methods of parents can have the strongest and most stable effects on the emotional and cognitive development of a child, so that its effects will be manifested during adolescence. Also, perfectionism is one of the personality structures that plays an important role in people's compromise. And one dimension of adaptability is social adaptation, which includes the individual's adaptation to his social environment, so positive perfectionism can have logical strategies for the individual.