Document Type : Research Paper
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The aim of this research was to predict of happiness based on self-esteem and parenting styles in university students. In this purpose 350 students of Allameh Tabatabaee University were selected by random cluster sampling method. The instruments of this research were Rosenberg Self- esteem Questionnaire, Buri’s Parenting Authority Questionnaire (maternal form) and Oxford Happiness scale. In order to determine and analyze relationship between variables and to predict the changes of happiness the correlation and step by step regression analysis methods were used. The results demonstrated that there is a significant relationship between authoritative parenting style with self-esteem and happiness. A significant negative relationship was found between authoritarian style and happiness. Also any significant difference wasn’t observed in happiness scores between girls and boys. It was unmasked that self-esteem and authoritative parenting style have ordinally utmost contribution in explaining of happiness. Generally the results show that self-esteem and the kind of parenting style which parents apply have the essential role in happiness.
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