Analysis of the relationship between effort or result-oriented thoughts for the parents of talented and regular students with the social popularity and mental health of children

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between with the social popularity and mental health of their
children in nongovernmental and governmental schools in Tehran. For this purpose, 235 students including talented and
regular students (120 girls and 115 boys) selected from Tehran schools using multi-stage cluster sampling. The students
completed Moreno social popularity test and GHQ28 mental health test, and Afrouz effort or the parents completed result oriented thoughts. Statistical analysis of survey data were performed using two independent groups t methods, correlation
coefficient, ANOVAs and multiple regression analysis step by step. The results of analysis on effort and result-oriented
thoughts for the parents of students indicated that there was a significant difference between effort-oriented thoughts and
result-oriented thoughts for the fathers, and for the mothers of these students we have significant role in the social popularity
and mental health of their children. On the other hand, the sex and intelligence variables did not have any significant role in
social popularity and mental health of the children.