Investigation of mother's gender perception and emotional socialization behavior and child's attachment to mother in terms of various variables

The aim of this study is to examine the gender perceptions of mothers with children aged 5 and 6, their emotional socialization behaviors towards their children, and the attachment style of children to their mothers. In line with this purpose, how gender perception affects mothers' prenatal gender expectation and choice of delivery method was also examined. For this purpose, a total of 139 girls and boys aged 5-6, and mothers of the same children participated in the research in pre-school education institutions in Bursa. The research was carried out in relational comparative screening model. The data obtained from the participants were analyzed with the IBM SPSS 26 program. Research findings show that there is a significant relationship between mother's perception of gender and positive emotion socialization behaviors. In addition, this research shows that there is a significant relationship between the mother's perception of gender and the child's attachment to his mother. Another important finding in the research is that there is a significant relationship between the mother's perception of gender and the type of birth she gave and the expectation of prenatal gender. However, as a result of this study, it was concluded that there was no significant relationship between the emotional socialization behavior of the mother and the attachment of the child to the mother. Only a weak relationship was found between the avoidant attachment type and the mother's emotion-focused responses. At the same time, it was determined that there was no significant relationship between the expectation of the mother's prenatal gender, the sex of the child and the type of birth, and the positive emotion socialization behavior of the mother.