Role of maternal parenting styles in predicting oppositional defiant, behavior, conduct, mood, and separation anxiety disorders among students

The way the parents build their relationships with their children is the strongest factor affecting family interaction patterns. This study aimed to examine the role of maternal parenting styles in predicting oppositional defiant, behavior, conduct, mood, and separation anxiety disorders among elementary school students. In this research, 86 children among all those referring to the counseling center of the 5th educational region in Tehran were conveniently selected and their mothers were asked to answer Bamrind parenting styles and pathological symptoms CSI-4 (parental form) questionnaires. Correlation and multiple regressions were used for data analysis. The results showed that there was a significantly negative relationship between behavioral and mood disorders and the authoritarian parenting style, as well as between antagonism disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and separation anxiety and permissive parenting style. The authoritarian parenting style could predict the behavioral and mood disorders and the permissive parenting style could predict antagonism disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and separation anxiety.