Causal Model of the Medicating Role of Creativity on the relationship between Parenting style with Academic Achievement and Adjustment

The present study examines the mediating role of parenting style creativity on students’ academic achievement. For this, a descriptive and structural equation modeling (SEM) system was used. Population of the study includes 770 female students from 4-6 grade in Urmia during 2016-2017, from among which 255 were chosen using stratified random sampling and Morgan's table for sample size. Date were collected using Buri’s Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), adjustment inventory for college students (AICS) by Sinha and Sing, and Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). Date on academic achievement was based on student scores. Results of pearson correlation showed a significant relationship between parenting style and creativity, parenting style and academic achievement, and also parenting style and academic adjustment. In addition, results of SEM showed the relationship between parenting style with academic adjustment and achievement through the mediating role of creativity. This demonstrates fitness of the model. it is concluded that parenting style can influence student creativity and improve their academic achievement as well as adjustment.