Studying the Relationship between Parenting Styles and Behavioral Problems in 3 to 6 Years Old Children

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and behavior problems was in 3 to 6 years old children in Rafsanjan. Descriptive - correlative method was used in this research. Two kinds of questionnaires were used to collect data. The required data was collected using preschoolers' behavioral problems questionnaire and Baumrind parenting style questionnaire. The sample was selected using simple random sampling method. Pearson correlation method and stepwise regression method and independent t-test were used to analyze data. According to the obtained results, there was positive and significant relationship between permissive and authoritarian parenting styles and behavioral problems. Moreover, there was significant and inverse relationship between authoritarian parenting style and behavioral problems. This indicated that both authoritarian and permissive parenting styles are predictors of behavioral problems in children. Furthermore, the obtained results showed that the mean of behavioral problems among boys is higher than the one among girls .