Afzali Ziarani M, Amiri Majd M, Poyamanesh J, Babakhani V. (2025). Prediction of emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents based on Parental Psychological Control and Mental Security of adolescent.
Journal of Psychological Science.
24(151), 205-222.
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http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-2660-en.html
Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran. , Mo.Amiri@iau.ac.ir
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Background: During the changes of adolescence, adolescents may show certain emotional and behavioral problems. One of the sources of emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents is the family context. There is a research gap regarding the prediction of emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents based on parental psychological control and mental security of adolescent.
Aims: The purpose of this research was to predict the emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents based on the parental psychological control and mental security of adolescents.
Methods: The method of this research was descriptive correlation type. The statistical population of the research included all female students of the first period high school in Abyek city (1726 people) in the academic year of 2023-2024, based on Morgan's table, 360 of them were randomly selected by two-stage cluster sampling method. The data collection tools in this research included Achenbach Youth Self-Report Scale (Achenbach, 1991), Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Psychological Control Scale (Soenens et al., 2010) and mental security (Maslow, 2004). Also, analyze the research data using Pearson's correlation coefficient method, stepwise regression and SPSS-26 software were performed.
Results: The results showed that Parental Psychological Control has a significant positive correlation with emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents (P< 0.05), Therefore, with the increase of Parental Psychological Control, the emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents increase. In addition, the results indicated that mental security has a significant negative correlation with emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents (P< 0.05), Therefore, with the increase of mental security in teenagers, their emotional and behavioral problems will decrease.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, it is recommended that education and awareness of parents in order to adjust psychological control and strengthen security security in adolescents should be included in the agenda of school counselors, So that teenagers can show their ability to face problems and challenges, and in this way emotional and behavioral problems can be prevented in them.
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Special Received: 2024/10/18 | Accepted: 2025/08/23
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