The Parenting styles and Resilience in Depressed and Non-Depressed 14 -17 Years Students

This study aims to compare the parenting styles and resiliency in depressed students and non-depressed 14 - 17 years students of high schools in Persian city. The study was descriptive that has been employed casual-comparative design. The sample included 100 students (50 depressed students, 50 non-depressed students) which were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Parenting styles questionnaire was completed by parents and students completed resilience and CDI questionnaires. The data were analyzed using independent samples t-test, ANOVA and MANOVA. Results of independent samples t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the resilience in depressed students and non-depressed students, so that the non-depressed students have higher resilience. Results of MANOVA showed that parents of depressed students have a significant higher use of authoritarian and permissive parenting styles and parents of non-depressed students have a significant higher use of authoritative parenting style. Results of ANOVA showed that there is a significant difference between the resilience in depressed students with permissive parenting style and authoritative parenting style, so that the depressed students with authoritative parenting style have higher resilience.

Keywords:

Parenting Styles , Resilience , Depressed Students , Non-Depressed Students