The Relationship between the Forms of Family Upbringing and Curiosity: A study on Primary School Students in Zarqa First Directorate of Education in Jordan

This study aims to identify the relationship between curiosity and parental practices that are followed in upbringing fifth and sixth graders in the Primary Schools in Zarqa First Directorate of Education in Jordan. (350) students participated in the study. The subjects responded to questions related to two variables: oral curiosity and parental practices in raising their children. The study followed the descriptive approach. The study found that fifth and sixth graders have a curiosity motive and this quality is closely related to the parental practices. The study further found that on the male students’ part, the parents’ democratic practices are significantly positive related to curiosity. On the other hand, it was also found that there was a significantly negative correlation between curiosity and dictator practices of their parents. By contrast, the mother’s democratic practices were significantly positive related to curiosity of their daughters. There was, however, a significantly negative correlation between curiosity and the mother’s dictator practices. As for the father’s democratic or dictator practices, there was no significant correlation between his practices and his children’s curiosity.