Investigating the effects of parents' attitudes and the anxiety of parents on children's fears of children between 3-6 years of age with and without fear

This research aims to examine 3-6 years old children's parents attitudes and the effect of anxiety of parents towards fear of their children. In this research, relational screening model is used. In this study, 103 children and 103 parents joined. "Parent attitude scale" which is developed by Demir and Şendil in 2008, "State-trait anxiety inventory", which is developed by Öner and Le Compte in 1985 and the demographic data form which formed by the researcher is used in order to gather data. According to the results of the analysis, democratic and authoritarian attitudes of parents, parent's childhood fears and their socio-economic levels are predicted the fear symptom of their children. The findings are discussed with supported researches and suggestions are given. Key words: Fear, Fear in childhood, Parent attitudes, Anxiety of Parents, State trait anxiety