Psycho-Social Well-Being in Female Students: the Role of Perceived Parental Autonomy Support and Warmth

Purpose: according to self-determination theory well-being of individuals rests upon meeting the psychological need to autonomy, competence, and relatedness and the environment which provides the ground to meet these needs can facilitate psychological well-being of people. the goal of present research is to investigate the role of paternal and maternal autonomy support and warmth in psychological and social well-being of female students. methodology: the design was correlational studies; 182 female freshmen students of mashhad payam-noor university were selected using multistage random sampling and completed perceptions of parents styles (pops; robbins, 1994), psychological well-being (ryff, 1989) and social well-being (keyes, 1998) questionnaires. data analysis was done using correlation coefficients and stepwise regression in spss software. findings: the findings showed that there was significant and positive relationship between paternal autonomy and social integration. maternal warmth has positive relationships with self-acceptance, personal growth, social integration and social well-being. paternal warmth has a positive significant relationship with self-acceptance, personal growth, psychological well-being, social integration, social contribution and social well-being. there was no significant relationship among maternal autonomy support with none of the research variables. conclusion: it seems that warm and friendly behavior along with parents' affection toward children can have sustainable impacts on children's well-being.