Exploration parenting indicators in families of adolescents with a successful career identity :A Mixed Method study

The present study was designed with the aim of exploring and designing a specific model of parenting indicators for adolescents with a coherent career. This study is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in a phenomenological manner. The statistical population of the study included all parents of female students with successful career identities who were studying in high school in Kermanshah in 2023. Sampling was conducted in two stages. The aim of the first quantitative stage was to identify students with successful career identities. For this purpose, 170 high school students in Kermanshah were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling to complete the career identity questionnaire. Then, in the second qualitative stage, using purposive sampling, participants were selected from 29 parents of children with successful career identities who had obtained a score higher than the standard deviation (4.15) to conduct interviews. Sampling proceeded to the theoretical saturation stage and 2 final interviews were conducted to ensure data saturation. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview method and analyzed using the seven-stage Claise method. The analysis of participants' experiences in the field of analyzing parenting indicators in adolescents with a coherent career identity led to the identification and extraction of 160 primary codes, 27 sub-themes, and 7 main themes, including: informed parent, responsiveness, quality of communication with the child, parent behavioral skills, safe family environment, family structure, and control-supervision. The results of the present study highlight the aforementioned parenting indicators as important variables in adolescents' achievement of a successful career identity,