Abstract

This article aimed to investigate the relationship of parenting styles to the shyness rate of high school students with behavioral disorders. It was a descriptive-correlational research. The sample of the study included 160 male and female students selected by a multi-stage sampling method. To collect data, the researchers employed Baumrind’s parenting style questionnaire, the shyness scale of Cheek and buss, and the behavioral rating scale of Conner (parents’ form). The data was analyzed by the Pearson and Spearman’s correlational statistical methods. The results revealed that there was a negative significant relationship between an authoritative parenting style and shyness. Besides, the analysis of the results related to the parenting styles and behavioral disorders showed that the authoritative parenting style had a relationship with the reduction of behavioral disorders and those having powerful parenting methods, had less behavior-disorders. Training parents about the parenting styles can reduce the shyness level as well as behavioral disorders‎.