Abstract
Anxiety disorder on of the most common illnesses in the context of psychiatry. Potential causes include genetic and environmental factors, as well as the parental attachment of the individuals. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between parental attachment style and anxiety disorders for a group of children and their parents. Study data were collected from the mothers (N = 40) of children with an anxiety disorder who visited a child psychiatry outpatient clinic at a city hospital and a private institution in Kayseri (Turkey) in 2018. For the control group, 40 mothers of children without any mental illness were also included in the study. The purposive sampling method was used in the selection of the participants for both groups (experimental and control). Sociodemographic data sheet and parental bonding instrument (PBI) were utilized as the data collection instruments. Then, data were analyzed based on the descriptive analysis methodology that included mean scores, standard deviation, p-value, t-experimental, two-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation experiments by using SPSS v.22. The findings revealed that the mothers of the participants with a college degree in the experimental group had fewer perceptions of protection (t = 2.38, p < 0.01), but more perception of care from their mothers than fathers (t =−2.28, p < 0.05). In addition, although the perceived care of parents was found lower than the participants in the control group, the participants in both groups evaluated their parents analogously for overprotection. Findings showed that the mothers in the experimental group predominantly described their parents as neglecting.
Highlights
Anxiety may be defined as the bodily response to a perception of danger
The sample of the study consisted of the mothers of children who were admitted to a city hospital and a private clinic in the city of Kayseri, Turkey, and diagnosed with an anxiety disorder by specialist child psychiatrists
Pearson correlation coefficient was used to calculate the correlation between the scores obtained from the parental bonding instrument (PBI) subscales in experimental and control groups as well as the education status, age, number of children and occupation of the parents
Summary
Anxiety may be defined as the bodily response to a perception of danger If it is exaggerated or overplayed in case of the perception of danger that influences functionality, it may lead to a disorder in the long term [1]. Even though anxiety disorder has been known since ancient times, comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic studies started only in the first half of the 20th century [1]. It generally develops among the children with various types such as, “generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and separation anxiety disorder.”. It generally develops among the children with various types such as, “generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and separation anxiety disorder.” This may trigger serious issues for the children—as well as Children 2020, 7, 46; doi:10.3390/children7050046 www.mdpi.com/journal/children
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