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One of the topics most focused on psychology is the childhood conditioning. When discomfort situations occur in the childhood stages of people, children have difficulty shooting out these experiences for a variety of reasons. These developments in childhood have a significant impact on the psychology and life of people in advanced periods. The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between the childhood experiences of parents and the attitudes of childbirth. The study also studied whether parents’ childhood behaviors vary according to the gender, educational levels, age, their own mothers and fathers’ attitudes. The survey was conducted on 328 parents between the ages of 18 and 40 living in Istanbul. In the framework of the measurement of the attitudes of the participating parents, the 'Ebeveyn Attitude Scale' was created, which was adapted to the Turkish by Universe Karabulut Iron (2007). The ‘Childhood Age of Improving Life Scale’, prepared by Bernstein and his friends in 1994, was applied to the participants. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 program and used two independent T-group tests, the Anova variance test and the Pearson Correlation method, which were parametric tests. According to the findings from the study, the gender of the parents, the educational status, the age of being parents and the childhood life and the parent’s attitude have statically significantly varied. It is also found that there is a negative relationship between childhood life and democratic parental attitude. Nevertheless, it has been found that there is a positive relationship between all dimensions of the scale of childhood life and authority attitude.

Abstract:

One of the most emphasized issues in psychology is the traumatic situations in childhood. When traumatic situations occur in childhood, children have difficulty in expressing these experiences for various reasons. These conditions that occur in childhood affect the psychology and life of the people significantly. The purpose of this research; The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between traumatic experiences of parents and child rearing attitudes. In addition, in the study, it was examined whether the traumatic experiences of the parents differed according to the gender, educational level, age, attitudes of their mothers and fathers. In this study, a questionnaire was applied to 328 parents between the ages of 18-40 in Istanbul. In order to measure the attitudes of the participating parents, Evren Karabulut Demir (2007) developed the eveyn Parent Attitude Scale uyar which was adapted to Turkish. Stein Childhood Trauma Questionnaire hazırlanan prepared by Bernstein et al. In 1994 was applied to the participants. The data obtained from the study were analyzed by using SPSS 22.0 program and two independent groups T-test, Anova variance test and Pearson Correlation method were used. According to the findings; It was determined that the gender of the parents, educational status, age of being a parent, childhood traumatic experiences and parental attitude differed statistically. In addition, there was a negative relationship between traumatic experiences of childhood and democratic parental attitude. On the other hand, it was found that there was a positive relationship between all dimensions of childhood traumatic experiences scale and authoritarian attitude.

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