Document Type : Research Paper

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Background: the theoretical models of parenting styled seek to identify the factors affecting upbringing children and to determinetheir consequences. The inconsistency between these theoretical patterns which mainly belong to the western societies and are affected by the attitude governing them with the Iranian culture values and beliefs lays the groundwork for development of native models based on the Islamic attitude and the specific experinces of the Iranian society. Objective: the present paper aims to study the psychometrics characteristics and the theoretical model of the parent child relationship questionnaire. Method: the questionnaire was conducted in two phases on 270 teenagers and young people between the ages of 15 to 30 who were residing in district 9 of Tehran in 2011. Results: the validity and reliability of the theoretical model of the questionnaire were confirmed by the fitting indices.

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