Evaluation of the relationship of perceived parenting styles with social appearance anxiety and emotion regulation in adults

In this study, the evaluation of the relationship between perceived parental attitudes and social appearance anxiety and emotion regulation in adults was examined. The population of the research consists of adults living in Turkey. The sample of the research consists of 389 individuals between the ages of 18-45, who will be selected by simple random and snowball sampling method. Demographic Information Form consisting of 16 different questions, "Social Appearance Anxiety Scale", "Emotion Regulation Difficulty Scale-Short Form" and "Abbreviated Perceived Parental Attitudes Scale (KAET-Ç)" were used in the research. SPSS 23 program was used to evaluate the data. Independent samples t test and ANOVA were used to evaluate the differentiation according to demographic variables. Regression analysis was performed to determine the effect between independent and dependent variables in the scale and sub-dimensions. Correlation analysis was applied to evaluate the relationship between the scales used in the research and their sub-dimensions. As a result of the correlation analysis, it was determined that there was a moderate positive relationship between SGKS and DDGS. Mother Emotional Warmth and Father Emotional Warmth subscales significantly predict the Openness, Goals, Impulse, Strategies, Non-Acceptance subscale and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation scale. Mother Overprotectiveness and Father Overprotectiveness subscales significantly predict the Openness, Goals, Impulse, Strategies, Non-Acceptance subscale and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation scale. The Mother Rejectionism and Father Rejection subscales significantly predict the Openness, Goals, Impulse, Strategies, Non-Acceptance subscale and the Emotion Regulation Difficulty scale. Mother Emotional Warmth and Father Emotional Warmth subscales significantly predict the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale. Mother Overprotectiveness and Father Overprotectiveness subscales significantly predict the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale. Mother Rejectionism and Father Rejection subscales significantly predict the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale. Based on the results obtained, different suggestions appropriate to the research topic were made. Keywords: Parenting Styles, Social Appearance Anxiety, Emotion Regulation.