The Mediating Role of Academic Entitlement in the relationship between Permissive Parenting and Psychological Distress among Students

Abstract

The aim of present study was to investigate the mediating role of academic entitlement in the relationship between permissive parenting and psychological distress. The research method was descriptive-correlational. Statistical population was B.A Male students at the Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran. A total of 282 students were selected using voluntary response sample method. Data were collected using Academic Entitlement Scale (AES), Parenting Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). To analyze the data Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling (SEM) were conducted. The results showed that direct effect of permissive parenting on psychological distress, the direct effect of permissive parenting on academic entitlement and the direct effect of academic entitlement on psychological distress were significantly positive. Also, results showed that mediating role of academic entitlement in the relationship between permissive parenting and psychological distress was significant. The current study findings indicate that permissive parenting style can increase psychological distress among university students by strengthening of academic entitlement beliefs.

Keywords

• academic entitlement
• permissive parenting
• psychological distress