摘要:The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effects of achievement parenting behavior on the relationship between parents` and adolescents` optimism. The subjects of the study were 514 adolescents who were selected from the first and second grades of middle schools in Busan as well as their parents. The results indicated that parents` achievement parenting behavior had mediating effects on the relationship between parents` and adolescents` optimism. In boy adolescents,parents` achievement parenting behavior had partially mediating effects on the relationship between parents` and boy adolescents` optimism. In girl adolescents,fathers` achievement behavior had complete mediating effects on the relationship between fathers` and girl adolescents` optimism. Moreover,it was observed that mothers` achievement parenting behavior had partially mediating effects on the relationship between mothers` and girl adolescents` optimism.