International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience
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Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigation the relationship between parents' parenting methods and depression in their daughters. The research method is correlation. The statistical population consisted of 500 female pre-university students in the city of Kooshk in the academic year of 2020-2021, from 85 students were selected using the available sampling method. Then, the variables were measured with "Beck's depression" and "Shanai's parenting style". Statistical analysis of the data was done by Pearson and Spearman correlation test. The findings of the research show that there is a negative correlation between the providing of independence and responsibility by parents, having expectations and expectancies in accordance with the children's ability and parental affection with girls' depression and there is a positive correlation between parents' punishment and blame with girls' depression. The results of the research show that as responsibility and independence acquisition, logical expectations, avoidance of punishment and parent's kindness increase, children's depression also decreases. Keyword: Depression, Parenting style, Punishment, Responsibility.

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