Relationship between parenting style and academic competence among adolescents studying in Tabriz high schools, 2002

It was showed that family relationships affect on adolescent academic achievement. Regarding to the parenting style importance on academic competence, this study was carried out to determine relationship between parenting style and academic competence in adolescents.Methods and Materials: This is a descriptive correlational study with multistage cluster sampling of 360 adolescents studying in Tabriz high schools. Questionnaires using in this study were parenting style inventory II and Academic Competence Scale. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and LSD. According to the finding the majority of adolescents (%39.7) reported authoritative parenting style and high academic competence (39.2%). Relation between parenting style and academic competence (F=187.8, P = 0.000) was significant. Regarding the fact that the majority of adolescents reported authoritative parenting style and relation between parenting style and academic competence was significant, so parents’ education for adolescence’s characteristic and parenting style outcomes lead to promoting adolescent academic competence.