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August 16-17, 2018 | Paris, France
Primary Healthcare
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Pediatrics Health Care
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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 22
Background: As parental personality traits are assumed to
play a role in parenting behaviors, this study was conducted
to investigate the relationship of personality traits and the
parenting styles (Permissive, Authoritarian andAuthoritative)
in Iranian setting.
Methods: In this correlational study 1234 parents (617
mothers and their husbands as well) with at least one
child between 6-12 years old were selected. They were
recruited through a systematic sampling technique from
families attending to health care centers located in Gonbad
city -North of Iran in 2017. Parenting styles & dimensions
questionnaire (PSDQ) and Goldberg’s Big Five personality
inventory were administrated to data collection. Descriptive
and inferential statistics were used for data analysis via the
SPSS v.16 software.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 38.16±
5.64 years. The majority of the cases (70.3%) adopted
Authoritative style and personality traits most of them
(42.9%) were Conscientiousness. It showed there is a
significant relationship between personality traits and
parenting styles (p=0.004). Parents with personality traits
such as: Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Openness to
experience and Emotional Stability adopted Aauthoritative
parenting style, while parents with Extraversion personality
trait were associated with Authoritarian parenting style. Also
it found that Extraversion mothers had Permissive parenting
style, whereas Extraversion mothers had Authoritarian
parenting style (p<0.05)
Conclusion: This project has provided further insight into
parental personality characteristics that are related to
general parenting styles.
e:
Parenting Styles and Personality Traits among Iranian Parents
Zohreh Shahhosseini, Furozan Elyasi, Mahmood Moosazadeh and Zahra Vafaeenejad
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Pediatrics & Primary HealthCare 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-003