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The current study examines the prediction of Omani students’ achievement goals orientations through their perceptions of parenting styles. The sample included 919 students, grades seven to ten of public school in the Sultanate of Oman. The participants answered a questionnaire related to their perceptions of parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and a measure of achievement goals orientations. Both measures were examined for validity and reliability. The result of multiple regression analysis indicated that authoritative mother style affected significantly three types of goals orientations: performance-avoidance, mastery approach and performance-approach. The fourth goal orientation (i.e., mastery-avoidance) was predicted by the permissive mother style. (Published abstract)