Past research has indicated a potential link between the parenting styles and the mental disorders in the adolescence. Since the parents have close interpersonal relationship with their children, the Parenting styles play an important role in predicting the mental health of the adolescents. The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between parents child-rearing styles and Psychological disorder symptoms of their children. The population of the research included the high school students in Neyshabour city and their parents. Participants selected through a random sampling method (n=150). Baumrind s Parent Behavior Rating and Symptom Check List-90-R (SCL-90-R) were used for data collection. The findings show that there is a significant correlation between parents child-rearing styles and mental disorder symptoms of their Adolescents. The results indicate that the permissive style of parenting seems to be a good child-rearing style because it has a negative correlation with the mental disorder symptoms.

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