Abstract
Article history: Received March 12, 2013 Received in revised format 10 June 2013 Accepted 22 June 2013 Available online June 25 2013 We present a social work study on relationship between parenting styles and career aspirations as well as psychological well-being among third year high school female students in city of Khomeinishahr, Iran during the year of 2012. The study selects a sample of 300 students from 1260 female students who were enrolled in third year high school education, randomly. The study uses the Baumrind’s questionnaire on parenting style, which consists of 30 questions which equally measure three parenting styles including authoritarian, indulgent and authoritative in Likert scale. The survey also uses Gottfredson’s questionnaire to examine occupational aspirations. The study examines whether there is any relationship between parenting style from one side and three personal characteristics including gender, career aspiration and wishes type on the other side. Using Chi-Square technique, the survey examines three hypotheses and the results confirm all three hypotheses of the survey. © 2013 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highlights
One of the primary concerns among many third year students is to plan for their future jobs and build proper plan for lives
The proposed study of this paper presents a social work study on relationship between parenting styles and career aspirations as well as psychological well-being among third year high school female students in city of Khomeinishahr, Iran during the year of 2012
The results of Chi-Square test is significance with α=0.05, which means we can reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a meaningful relationship between parenting style and career aspiration in terms of gender
Summary
One of the primary concerns among many third year students is to plan for their future jobs and build proper plan for lives. Helwig et al (2001), for instance, examined career aspirations of a longitudinal sample of students over a ten-year period, from grade 2 to grade 12 They used Gottfredson's theory of career development (1981) and from social learning theory (Lent et al, 1994) to examine their hypotheses. They reviewed of the research associated with high school students' career aspirations for science, mathematics, engineering and related professions They concluded the crucial importance of parenting styles shaping students' career aspirations and engagements in science learning. Various kinds of parental involvement and the attempts of middle school personnel to educate parents about these effective practices had received scant attention in the literature They reviewed research associated with (a) adolescents’ perceptions of parental involvement, (b) the parenting style associated with higher levels of psychological wellbeing, and (c) the effect of assorted parenting styles on adolescent psychological well-being. They concluded with implications for middle school systems, middle school counselors, families, parents, and community members
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