The relationship between parenting styles and ego strength with the mediating role of emotional repression

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1 Master Student in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Rahman Institute of Higher Education, Ramsar, Iran

2 Department of Psychology, Rahman Institute of Higher Education, Ramsar, Iran

3 University Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Rahman Institute of Higher Education, Ramsar, Iran

10.22098/jfrs.2024.14737.1179

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between parenting styles and ego strength with the mediating role of emotional repression. The current type of research is descriptive-correlation based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research includes female students of the first secondary level of schools in Abbas Abad city in the academic year of 2022-2023. 200 students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. To collect information in this research were used the Parenting Styles & Dimensions Questionnaire, Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths and Weinberger Adjustment Inventory. Then the data was analyzed by correlation test and structural equation modeling using SPSS-24 and Smart PLS3. The results showed that permissive and authoritative parenting styles have a positive and direct effect on ego strength, and authoritarian parenting styles have a negative and direct effect on ego strength (p<0.05). Also, emotional repression has a negative and direct effect on ego strength (p<0.05). In addition, parenting styles have an indirect effect on ego strength through the mediating role of emotional repression (p<0.05). The results showed that the authoritative parenting style and emotional repressions will have a negative effect on creating a strong ego of students.

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Journal of Family Relations Studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 30 August 2024

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  • Receive Date: 24 February 2024
  • Revise Date: 26 August 2024
  • Accept Date: 30 August 2024

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