Background: The formation of conflict between parents and adolescents is a common problem during adolescence. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the family conflict scores from the viewpoint of high school girls and their mothers in Isfahan City, Iran.Methods: This was a descriptive-analytic study. Data were collected using the Family Conflicts Questionnaire from the viewpoint of adolescents and parents. The study population comprised of 220 mothers and their daughters who were high school students in District 3 of Isfahan. After completing the questionnaires in the focus group, data were entered into SPSS software and were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation test, independent t-test, and ANOVA.Findings: The results showed that the highest rate of conflicts between students and mothers were in the fields of sexual maturity, educational status, and parents’ relationship with each other and the lowest rate of conflicts were in the fields of adolescents’ independence and freedom.Conclusion: It is necessary to design and provide appropriate educational interventions to reduce conflict between mothers and daughters in the field of sexual maturity, education status, and parents’ relationship with each other.

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