The relationship between parenting styles and parental stress among young mothers.
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between parenting and parental stress in young mothers. Parenting is defined as mothers' perceptions and perceptions of behaviors, attitudes, and practices applied in interacting with their children. Parenting stress is also considered an unpleasant and stressful experience in playing the parenting role that can affect mothers' mental health, the quality of parent-child interaction, and parenting styles. The present study was a descriptive-correlational study, and its statistical population included young mothers under 30 years of age with children under 6 years of age. Sampling was conducted using the convenience method, and data were collected through the Parenting Stress Questionnaire (PSI) and the Parenting Questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the instruments have been confirmed in previous studies. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics including Pearson correlation test and multiple regression. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between parenting dimensions and parental stress, and some parenting dimensions can have a predictive role in the level of parental stress. The findings of this study can be effective in identifying protective and vulnerable factors in the field of parenting and provide the basis for designing psychological and educational interventions to reduce parenting stress and improve the quality of parenting in young mothers.
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