The role of perceived parental attitudes on anxious-ambivalent attachment style and anxiety level in young adult

Parental attitudes have a significant impact on every aspect of individuals' lives. It is thought that individuals' ability to make sense of their perceived parental attitudes will positively affect processes such as personality development, social development and partner relationships. For this reason, this study aimed to examine the effect of parental attitudes on attachment styles and anxiety levels, which have an important place in individuals' lives. In this study, the effect of perceived parental attitudes on anxious ambivalent attachment style and anxiety level was examined. A sociodemographic form for personal information of participants, an perceived parental attitudes scale-child form for perceived parental attitudes, a three-dimensional attachment styles scale for attachment styles and the Beck anxiety inventory for anxiety levels were applied to 396 young adults between the ages of 20 and 30. Parental attitudes are examined three main category: overprotective, emotional warmth and rejecting also attachment styles are examined three three main category: secure attachment, avoidant and anxious ambivalent attachment. As a result of the correlation analysis, a positive relationship was found between mother's overprotective attitude and anxiety and anxious ambivalant attachment style, and between mother's rejective attitude and beck anxiety and anxious ambivalant attachment style, while a negative relationship was found between mother's emotional warmth and anxiety and anxious ambivalant attachment style. A positive relationship was found between father's overprotective attitude and anxiety and anxious ambivalant attachment style, and a positive relationship was found between father's rejecting attitude and anxiety and anxious ambivalant attachment style, while a negative relationship was found between father's emotional warmth and anxiety and anxious ambivalant attachment style. While the overprotective and rejecting attitude of the mother towards her children increases the anxiety level, the attitude of emotional warmth perceived from the mother reduces the anxiety level. At the same time, the perceived overprotective attitude from the father reduces the anxiety level. The perceived rejecting attitude from the mother and father increases the level of anxious unstable attachment style. In the regression analysis, the regression analysis between mother's overprotective attitude, mother rejecting attitude, mother emotional warmth, father overprotective attitude, father rejecting attitude, father emotional warmth and anxiety was found to be significant. The regression analysis between maternal overprotective attitude, mother rejecting attitude, mother emotional warmth, father overprotective attitude, father rejecting attitude, father emotional warmth and anxious ambivalent attachment style was found to be significant. Keywords: Perceived Parental Attitudes, Attachment Styles, Anxiety Level, Anxious-ambivalent attachment style