comparison of parenting style of usual and bulling children among elementary school of TEHRAN fifth region

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Farkhondeh Mofidi ¹ (professor, Department of Educational Scieince, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran Sciences, Gonabad, Iran)
Kamran Mamghaderi ² (Department of Education, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran)
Masoud Najari ³ (Department of Psychology, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Saqez, Kurdistan, Iran)
Ali Khezernezhad ⁴ (Secretary of Education, Sanandaj, Iran)

Received: 2017-07-14 Accepted : 2018-04-13 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: Parenting style, normal children, bullying, bullying children,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to compare the parenting styles of bullying children with the parents of normal children by causal-comparative method. The statistical population of this study was all sixth grade boys in district 5 of Tehran and their parents were 3796 people. According to Krejcie and Morgan table, the sample size was estimated to be 350. The sampling method was multi-stage cluster randomized questionnaire using Olweus Bully/Victim questionnaire (1996) and Baumrind parenting style questionnaire (1972), 300 questionnaires (due to some incomplete questionnaires and lack of accountability To them) were collected perfectly. The reliability of the questionnaires was 83% and 76%, respectively, through the Cronbach's alpha method. Independent t-test was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference between parenting style of bullying and normal children and the dominant role of permissive parenting style in the parents of bullying children, and authoritative parenting style in the parents of normal children.