The current study aims at investigating the impact of parental practices on the psychological health of 1st year high school students. To test the study hypotheses, the researcher applied a Nouha Mohammed El Khatib’ Scale (2014) and psychological health scale of Zaima Abdullah Hadj Mohammed ‘2010) on a sample consisted of 100 students. The findings were as follows, -There is a parity between the positive parental practices and the negative ones by parents of the sample members. -The psychological health level is high among first year high school students. -There are differences in psychological health degrees due to the difference in the types of parental practices (positive-negative) among first year high school students. The psychological health degrees due to the positive parental practices were higher than those caused by the second type of practices.

parental practices; psychological health.