An examination of the relationship between perceived parenting styles, self-compassion and self-disgust

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between adult's perceived parenting attitudes, self-compassion, and self-disgust. It was examined in terms of variables such as perceived parental attitude, self-compassion and self-disgust levels, gender, marital status,education level, income level, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric drug use and the traumatic experience of the last two months to live. Data analyzes were performed on the data of 395 participants. Participants consisted of 271 adult women and 124 men. "Parental Attitude Scale", "Self Compassion Scale", "Self Disgust Scale" and personal information form were applied. Data was collected via Google Forms. Based on the findings, a significant negative correlation was found between self-compassion and self-disgust levels. The self-compassion level of individuals who stated that they perceived democratic parental attitude was found to be higher than perceived authoritarian and demanding-protective parental attitudes. A negative correlation was found between protective-demanding and authoritarian parental attitudes with self-compassion. Additionally, Self-disgust scores were found to be significantly higher in individuals who reported that their perceived protective-demanding and authoritarian parental attitude scores were higher.