The relationship between parenting style, anxiety and self compassion among young adults

The purpose of conducting this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between perceived parental attitudes, anxiety, and self-compassion levels in young adults. The sample of the study consists of young adults aged 18-25 in Turkey. A total of 312 young adults between the ages of 18-25, 217 women and 95 men, participated in the study. The questionnaires were delivered to young adults on the internet via Google Surveys. As a data collection tool in the research to all participants; Personal Information Form, Parental Attitude Scale, Anxiety Scale and Self-Compassion Scale were applied. In young adults: ' the correlational survey model ' was used to determine the relationship between parental attitudes, anxiety and self-compassion. IBM SPSS 24.0 program was used for all statistical analysis. According to the results of the study; Among the sub-dimensions of parenting attitudes, there is a positive relationship between authoritarian attitude and anxiety, a negative relationship between democratic attitude and anxiety, a positive relationship between democratic attitude and self-compassion. Among the sub-dimensions of parenting attitudes, a negative relationship between protective-demanding attitude and self-compassion, , a negative relationship between authoritarian attitude and self-compassion, a negative relationship was obtained between self-compassion and anxiety.