F Soheili; A kalantar hormozi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , January 2014, , Pages 108-130
Abstract
The aim of this research was to investigate the correlation between father-child relationship and adolescents' social competence. The population consisted of high school female and male students of the Sanandaj city in the 2011-2012 academic year. Some 240 students (120 girls and 120 boys) from this ...
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The aim of this research was to investigate the correlation between father-child relationship and adolescents' social competence. The population consisted of high school female and male students of the Sanandaj city in the 2011-2012 academic year. Some 240 students (120 girls and 120 boys) from this population were selected randomly by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The study was descriptive and used correlational methods. The research instruments included: Social Competence questionnaire and Parent-Child Relationship Scale (PCRS). Data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression analysis.
Conclusion: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between father-child relationship and social competence. Regression analysis showed that relationship with father has the most effective results on communication skills and the least effect on motivation aspects. The range of father-child relationship and social competence and its aspects has much higher impact on girls group than the boys group. Thus father-child relationship is one of the most effective factors on increasing the social competence in adolescents.
