%0 Journal Article %T Psychological Well-being and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Mental Health among Students: Implication for Health Promotion %J International Journal of Pediatrics %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences %Z 2345-5047 %A khodabakhsh, Mohammad reza %A kiani, Fariba %A Ahmedbookani, Soliman %D 2014 %\ 09/01/2014 %V 2 %N 3.3 %P 39-46 %! Psychological Well-being and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Mental Health among Students: Implication for Health Promotion %K Mental health %K Psychological well-being %K Parenting Styles %K Students %R 10.22038/ijp.2014.3003 %X Introduction: The lack of mental health interferes with one's individual achievement and ability for undertaking the responsibilities of everyday life. Researches show that psychological well-being and parenting styles have an important role in ones' increasing general health. The current study examined the relationship between psychological well-being and parenting styles with students' mental health. Methods: This study was carried out on 278 students (124 boys and 154 girls) of Boukan's high schools. The participants were asked to complete psychological well-being inventory and mental health parenting style questionnaire. Data was analyzed using of Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Results: The results showed that psychological well-being and authoritative parenting styles were significantly related with mental health; also, Permissive parenting styles has significant positive relationship with mental health. The regression analysis indicated that mental health is predictable by psychological well-being and parenting styles. Conclusion: The knowledge of parenting styles and psychological well-being and their relationships with general well-being can provide the significant implications on the provision of students' health. Parenting styles and psychological well-being, as significant variables in general well-being, needs more clinical research. %U https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_3003_d8740eb5e76a6cf9205477a39e30a931.pdf