Abstract:
The study aimed to establish a theoretical model for the causal relationship
between three variables of study: parental styles, learned helplessness, and
academic achievement, and then examined the role of learned helplessness as
a mediating variable, in determining the association between parenting styles
and academic achievement. The sample included 645 10th grade students
from Sultanate of Oman. The adolescents completed measures regarding their
perception of parenting styles and learned helplessness. The path analysis
showed a statistically signifcant effects of parenting styles on learned
helplessness and academic achievement, and a statistically signifcant direct
effects of learned helplessness on academic achievement. Moreover, the
results showed that the learned helplessness mediated the relations between
parenting styles and academic achievement.