Educational Styles as Perceived by Tehran Pre-University Students

Abstract

<span>The present study explores parents' educational styles (or ‘parenting styles' <span>as used by previous researchers) as perceived by their pre-university-aged <span>children. Sample size formula was administered to determine the number of <span>participants; accordingly, 800 (380 males and 420 female) students studying <span>at Tehran pre-university schools were selected through stratified random <span>sampling. Participants were given a researcher-made, 35-item questionnaire <span>devised to measure parenting styles. Data was then analyzed using the Factor <span>Analysis method. Findings revealed four distinguished parenting styles, i.e. <span>Decisive-kind, Decisive-unkind, Permissive-kind & Permissive-unkind <span>styles<span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span>