Purpose: to investigate the status of behavior problems, family parenting styles, and the relationship between them in elementary school seniors. Methods: this paper used conners' behavior questionnaire and family parenting style scale to survey 232 elementary school seniors in rural china, and spss21 was used for statistical analysis. Conclusions: behavior problems of elementary school students were significantly correlated with family parenting style, in which democracy parenting style factor was significantly negatively correlated with behavior problems, while indulgence, democracy, laissez-faire, authoritarianism, and inconsistency were significantly positive correlations. This indicates that democracy parenting style helps to prevent and stop behavior problems of elementary school students, while other parenting styles tend to cause and exacerbate behavior problems of children. Based on the above findings, some educational suggestions are proposed to provide guidance and reference for improving the situation of children's behavioral problems and the scientific of family parenting style and to provide an empirical basis for improving the mental health of elementary school seniors and improving family parenting style.
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To Cite this Article: Jing, W. (2022). Behavior Problems and Family Parenting Styles of Elementary School Seniors in Rural China. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 12(7), 1443– 1452.
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