بررسي رابطه نگرش نسبت به شيوه هاي فرزندپروري و مكان كنترل با پيشرفت تحصيلي در دانش آموزان پسر پايه چهارم ابتدايي

This study investigated the relationship between motherʹs attitude towards child-rearing practices (e.g., authoritarian and permissive approaches) and locus of control with academic achievement of primary schools fourth grade male students. Using cluster sampling method, 398 fourth grade male students and their literate mothers were selected from all 17 educational districts in Theran during the academic year of 1997-1998. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression methods. Relationship between motherʹs attitude towards ʹauthoritarian" child-rearing practice (ACRP) and academic achievement (i.e, grade point average or GPA and science grades) was pisitive. There was a negative relationship between motherʹs attitude towards ACRP and academic achievement (GPA and science grades). There was no relationship between motherʹs attitudes towards child-rearing practices (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and academic achievement (math grads). Also, no significant relationship was found between motherʹs attitude towards ʹpermissive child-rearing practice and academic achievement (GPA, math and science grades). There was no relationship between motherʹs attitudes towards child-rearing practices (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive) and childʹs locus of control. The relationships between locus of control and academic achievement (GPA and science grades) were negative, and no significant relationship was found between studentʹs locus of control and academic achievement (math grades). Results are discussed within a theoretical framework.