Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the relations among preschool children attachment security, their parents’ attachment security and child rearing attitudes.In accordance with these aims, 65 children, ages between 4-6, were participated and completed the doll play semi-structural interview named Doll Family Story Completion Test-TR (DFSCT-TR). In addition, Parents Attitude Scale (PAS) and Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) were given to the parents of the children. Results of the study indicated that there was no relationship between children’s and their parent’s attachment security. In the literature, like the present study, a few number of studies also found no relationship between these two aspects. Similar to the first result, no relationship was found between children’s attachment security and their parent’s child rearing attitude. However, when the stories in DFSCT-TR were examined separately, a significant relationship between democratic attitude and high scores in children’s attachment points was found. In addition, a significant relationship was found between permissive, overprotective attitude and low scores in children’s attachment points. When the relationship between mothers’ avoidance points and democratic attitude was examined, a negative relationship was found. This result shows that when mothers have lower scores on avoidance, they adopt democratic attitude. When the relationship between fathers’ anxiety points and parental attitudes was examined, a positive relationship was found between fathers’ anxiety and overprotective attitude. The fathers who have higher scores in anxiety adopt overprotective attitude. In sum, a significant relationship was found between parents’ attachment security and child rearing attitudes. This finding is coherent with the previous findings.

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